Response to Jared Diamond's thesis

I think that Jared Diamond is correct in believing that expansion of civilization is largely due to geographical luck. Because you need a crop that can grow in large quantities from one seed and produce many fruits to feed many people. The plant also needs to be rich in nutrients. In Europe and the middle east that plant was wheat and barley. In Asia it was rise, in the Americas it was corn. However in New Guinea there was no crop like that. Another thing that you need for civilizations to develope is animals. In Euroasia there were 13 species od animals that are domseticated to this day. One was in America, however in New Guinea there were none, except pigs, who were brought there from Asia. I think that this is largely the reason that civilization never got under way in New Guinea. Aside from that there is the fact that it was on an island and there wasn't much space to expand to. In Mesopotamia there was perfect climate, cows, pigs, sheep, and goat. Four species of animals that are very usefull when domesticated. There was also barley and wheat, and a good climate. When the climate changed the people from Mesopotamia had places to go. When they went to Egypt there was a huge boom in civilization, proving that what the Mesopotamians had was very helpfull for civilization.

Do the andvantages of agriculture and farming outweight the disadvantages

I think it matter depending on who you are. If you are someone who likes to live in the same place and likes to know that you have a steady supply of food that will be there tomorow then yes the advantages of farming outweight the disadvantages.
But on the other hand if your someone who doesn't really care then it is easier for you to hunt with the rest of the tribe and migrate with the animal herds, sure you don't know if you'll have something to eat tomorow, but you don't have to spend hours farming and taking care of animals, you just go out, find and kill.