January 2010
3 posts
“There are other potential advantages inherent in chiefdoms and states… The...”
– -Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies by Jared Diamond
Diamond makes a brief mention of how religious fanaticism can affect human societies but it seems to me that this religion has a much bigger influence of societies and their fates then Diamond gives them credit for.
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deeannmarie:
Lately I’ve been reading Guns, Germs, And Steel (The Fates of Human Societies) in which Jared Diamond argues that certain societies of people have succeeded over other societies due to geographic location, agriculture, and domestication of animals, which led to advances in technology (guns), greater immunity (germs) and I haven’t got to the steel part (Ha!). So far I’ve found it...
The Best Fiction of the Millennium (So Far): An... →
deeannmarie:
Let’a just say that this list exposes my ignorance. The Millions
#20: Gilead by Marilynne Robinson
#19: American Genius, A Comedy by Lynne Tillman
#18: Stranger Things Happen by Kelly Link
#17: The Fortress of Solitude by Jonathan Lethem
#16: Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
#15: Varieties of Disturbance by Lydia Davis
#14: Atonement by Ian McEwan
#13: Mortals by Norman Rush
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