Practice question · Select all that apply
What does "climate is a stressor, not a script" mean in practice?
Hints
- The stress is real but does not determine the outcome.
- Institutions and choices decide what the stress produces.
Show the answer
- A. Institutions, reserves, and choices determine what a stress does
- B. The same climatic shift produces different outcomes in different societies
- D. Climate changes the difficulty setting rather than the result
Why
The stress is real and it is not the author. The same Little Ice Age wrecked one polity and found another that traded, stored, or adapted its way through.
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