Peterson Jordan

Jared Diamond was once all the rage. His book, Guns, Gems and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies was one of those books about which everyone was once talking. Provocative thesis, well written (though the “word to intriguing idea” ratio was a bit too high), much discussed. But, that was almost a quarter of a century ago. His subsequent books were not quite the rage. In his latest, Diamond plaintively complains about a review of one of his books casting about for lessons which we can draw … [Read more...] about Twelve Reasons You Should Not Read This Book