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Really? I found _Collapse_ to be much more boring than I expected. One of the major reasons he claims that a society collapses is a lack of trading partners. No
by zasz 15y ago
Really? I found _Collapse_ to be much more boring than I expected. One of the major reasons he claims that a society collapses is a lack of trading partners. Not very sexy at all, and not leftist.
- RyanMcGreal 15y agoI'd like to add honourary mentions for Jane Jacobs' last book, Dark Age Ahead and Thomas Homer-Dixon's book The Ingenuity Gap. http://raisethehammer.org/blog/455/ http://raisethehammer.org/blog/455/
- eru 15y ago> Not very sexy at all, and not leftist. I can't make out whether that's meant as a compliment or a complaint. Would you elaborate on that description, please?
- zasz 15y agoIt's neither. The parent comment implied that Diamond's book was a leftist polemic on how the environment is important. I didn't think it was very leftist or very alarmist. That's all I meant. I was actually disappointed when Diamond mentioned neighboring nations as a reason for collapse...how utterly unsurprising and dull. He spent a lot of time talking about it, too.