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You're missing a lot of context surrounding the book. Academics have always acknowledged that geography impacts societies to some degree. There would have been
by AlotOfReading 3y ago
You're missing a lot of context surrounding the book. Academics have always acknowledged that geography impacts societies to some degree. There would have been no point in writing GG&S if that was the only argument.
Diamond's actual argument is that it's a major, possibly primary factor. He then went on a speaking tour where he told anyone who was dismissive of his grand narrative that they should stop waffling about how complex the factors influence societies are and make their own grand narrative instead.
- FrustratedMonky 3y agoYeah. Lot of comments here are really debating what the word "Some" means. Geography has "Some" impact to "Some" degree. At what point does "Some" become a "Major" influence. It was a major theme of the book, so if this current study indicates it was not 'major', only 'some'. Guess that is still valuable re-quantification. Think all the methods used in the study are pretty valuable. Whether we agree or not with Diamond, I think this current study is good to quantify it.