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Ignoring your questionable use of the word achievement, Guns, Germs and Steel by Jared Diamond explains the massive bulk of this. It might not be written for a
by mandmandam 5y ago
Ignoring your questionable use of the word achievement, Guns, Germs and Steel by Jared Diamond explains the massive bulk of this. It might not be written for academics, and may jump to a conclusion or two, but it's pretty damn convincing all the same.
In any case, discounting the geographic luck that Europe has benefited from is unwise. And a lil bit racist.
- DalasNoin 5y agoI think Jared Diamond told a number of convincing stories in this book to convince people of geographical determinism. However, I don't think that any of it amounts to a real proof. Essentially, he picks out more or less "successful" societies and then correlates it to the features of the environments they existed in. Almost certainly overfitting since there is no real test set. His theory also does not account for the topic of this link: extreme success of a minority group.