What Jared Diamond thinks about humility

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Geographer at the University of California, Los Angeles; author of Guns, Germs, and Steel (1997), Collapse (2005) and Upheaval (2019).

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2 dated positions, c. 1997–2005 to c. 2005, in their own words. Our reading of what Jared Diamond has said — not written or endorsed by them.

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1. c. 2005

   Our readingWe can learn from the mistakes of distant and past peoples

   Their wordsThus, we have the opportunity to learn from the mistakes of distant peoples and past peoples.

   ↗Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed (Viking, 2005)archive.org All 3 from this book

3. c. 1997–2005

   Our readingIndustrialized states are not to be assumed better than hunter-gatherer tribes

   Their wordsIn fact, I do not assume that industrialized states are “better” than hunter-gatherer tribes

   ↗Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies (W. W. Norton, 2005 edition; first published 1997)archive.org All 7 from this book