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Who determine our fate? - [17 Dec 2009]
After the magnum opus Guns, Germs, and Steel, the Pulitzer Prize winner Jared Diamond releases the follow-up Collapse, in which he uses a comparative analysis to show why some societies collapse while some others succeed. Although the complexity of the...
the follow-up Collapse, in which he uses a comparative analysis to show why some societies...
www.amazon.com/review/R12L9NUCC...
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One of the most significant books of our time - [12 Dec 2009]
This book summarizes the effects of 5 factors causing or contributing to the collapse of more than 7 societies in the past, the success of some and the potentials for future collapses including that of the US. It lists some reasons for optimism, and reasons...
than 7 societies in the past, the success of some and the potentials for future collapses...
www.amazon.com/review/R3UPAXYLAAFTWB...
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MORE THAN AN COLLAPSE - [06 Dec 2009]
INTERESTING INSIGHTS ON OUR ENVIRONMENT AND HOW IT WILL EFFECT US ALL. THOSE WHO THINK WE HAVE NO "EFFECT" ON OUR CLIMATE THIS BOOK IS A MUST READ, AND FOR THOSE WHO THINK IT DOES NOT MATTER...THE END IS NEAR MY BROTHER AND SISTER, THE END IS NEAR...(...
HAVE NO "EFFECT" ON OUR CLIMATE THIS BOOK IS A MUST READ, AND FOR THOSE WHO THINK IT DOES NOT...
www.amazon.com/review/RTGVS1EXSWF...
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Ignore the Negative reviews; Diamond writes another MUST READ. - [06 Nov 2009]
I will not write about the book in particular in this review; there are plenty of good reviews here that do that. What I am addressing with my review are the negative reviews that criticize Diamond as promoting some-kind of Liberal/ Eurocentric Agenda...
here that do that. What I am addressing with my review are the negative reviews that criticize...
www.amazon.com/review/R6ZUBUL41...
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A Powerful Work on a Touchy Subject - [14 Oct 2009]
Years ago, Diamond wrote an essay on the origins of agriculture titled: The Worst Mistake In The History Of The Human Race, which can be read here: [...] In a nutshell, Diamond said: "Recent discoveries suggest that the adoption of agriculture, supposedly...
In The History Of The Human Race, which can be read here: [...] In a nutshell, Diamond said...
www.amazon.com/review/R1N1T1RMSDTONJ...
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An "Oh, my!" kind of book - [06 Oct 2009]
Truly a must read. This book will not make you feel warm and fuzzy. It is simply an honest, well organized, and devastatingly honest look at what humans are doing to the planet and to themselves. I think this should be a required reading of politicians...
well organized, and devastatingly honest look at what humans are doing to the planet and ...
www.amazon.com/review/R1ZVS89VYZKEWM...
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Collapse: Worth getting through - [03 Sep 2009]
As the book jacket says, this is like taking a college course in the cycle of collapse and rebirth of civilizations around the world. Ranging from the challenges facing Montana to the mysteries of the Easter Island moas and on to present day, the book...
rebirth of civilizations around the world. Ranging from the challenges facing Montana to the...
www.amazon.com/review/R14CQ40KP...
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Even Diamond Can Write Compost - [21 Oct 2008]
The esteemed Jared Diamond, author of one of the most insightful and profound books of the previous decade: Guns Germs and Steel, tried to break the wave of his success on Collapse, a book about the failure of societies due to a laundry-list of (mostly...
previous decade: Guns Germs and Steel, tried to break the wave of his success on Collapse,...
www.amazon.com/review/RGW0UWZUSVOIC...
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Good overview of the relationship between the environment & politics - [02 Sep 2008]
This book makes an good and convincing case for the importance of environmental issues as they affect the well being of all societies developed and developing.
The book is centered around the collapse of past societies, although this is only one of ...
they affect the well being of all societies developed and developing.
The book is centered...
www.amazon.com/review/R2J668Y86...
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Obvious pluses and not so obvious minuses - [26 Aug 2008]
Jared Diamond has a gift for explaining complex phenomena to the average person in a way that is captivating and digestible. In this book, he tackles a topic (the collapse of societies) that is depressing to some and terrifying to others (I suppose it...
is captivating and digestible. In this book, he tackles a topic (the collapse of societies...
www.amazon.com/review/R1KQH18CMP...
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