A great reading of:

The work of a great man, arguing for the insignificance of the works of great men :)

At least in a broad historical context..

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Content over exitement

There are reasons why this book is on many must reads lists inl. Gates and Munger. Not the most exiting but the content is spot on and the length of the topics is just right. Prima

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Its a doozy

It's an interesting book with several fascinating insights, topics, and theories. It can be a bit dry and does require the reader to be kind of informed, but overall it's put it realitivly simple terms. I recommend this book to anyone looking to better understand human history. It's a nerdy kind of fun, loved it!!

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Incredibly informative and perspective-changing

The book fundamentally changed the way I look at history. History is not just a sequence of one fact after the other, but can be pursued as a true science. Broad patterns of history can be generalized and predicted by looking at natural historical experiments and investigating ultimate causes. Jared Diamond is a true polymath and combines his deep knowledge from wide-ranging disciplines. I listened to this book as a hobby and it informed my worldview for the better. I'm looking forward to listening to his other books.
With regards to narration, the quality certainly could have been better. One could sometimes hear background noises or the sound of pages turning. But considering that it was recorded more than 20 years ago in 1999, it is still very good and not at all unlistenable. Plus the narrator sounds a bit like Diamond himself!

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Great view on the world societies evolution

An excellent book that shows the main reasons why some continents (societies) developed and other ones stagned.
What I miss is complementary pdf with the tables available in the book.

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Extremely detailed

Very detailed book packed with interesting information and AHA-moments on pretty much every page. Not great for laid back listening on the train though. Speaker isn't great.

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Excellent

A really great book. Change my thinking of many things. However he is so keen on repeating that people from New Guinea are not genetically inferior to people from other countries (which is of course nonsense) he start claiming the same nonsense by repeatedly saying they are more smart.

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Sehr aufschlussreich

Sprecher sehr gut. Verständlich geschrieben. Sehr lehrreich und mit vielen Beispielen ausgestattet. Interessant und empfehlenswert.

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Les jeux sont faits

Jared Diamond has in some sense written a sequel to Richard Dawkins's "the selfish gene": the growth, decline and mutual usurpation of human societies are a result of repeated games where the availability of exploitable resources, be it manageable crops, animals, climates and their emergent effects like crafts, population density and diseases are the real explanatory factors. The human populations just offer the breading ground for the societies and the intelligence factor of the individual human not more than mere statistical noise.

The book is an effective counterargument for any supremacist theory by its strong arguments and multiple layers of proof. A must read for anyone who is not afraid to put his/her own intelligence into perspective.

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Good book, old recording?

The book is good, you should know that already. The audio actor is also good (I liked his voice tone and accent), but the recording overall feels a little old and I think some parts have been re-recorded and sound a bit different.

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