This man is a legend. His books are among the best I have ever read. Thankyou.
@AndersonS.A3 жыл бұрын
Þtþþþga
@nickc3856 Жыл бұрын
His books are nonsense and have been thoroughly debunked but go off
@orobleh7710 жыл бұрын
He is great researcher and scientist. I watched several times his documentary on:"Guns, Germs and Steel". Brilliant and decent man.
@nesa11268 жыл бұрын
read a book. trust me.
@williamjameslehy134110 жыл бұрын
Brilliant, brilliant man. It was Jared Diamond's books that first made me really get a sense of the world. I know that's hopelessly vague but he handles such a breadth of subjects it's fitting. I credit him with my lifelong interests in evolutionary biology and in archaeology.
@justgivemethetruth95410 жыл бұрын
Jared Diamond is like the anthropological Carl Sagan! What I like is his thinking process and he models thinking about things for the reader.
@hellolin3247 жыл бұрын
Chapter 5, History's Haves and Have-Nots in Jared Diamond's Guns, Germs, and Steel really confirmed so much of my questions, it really is that good
@highjenks3d6 жыл бұрын
Jacob Hoss I agree guns germs and steel changed me permanently I've never looked at the world and the things it the same way
@nickc3856 Жыл бұрын
Jared Diamond is a hack and his works have been thoroughly debunked since you posted this comment. Sad!
@InsistentlyInterdisciplinary Жыл бұрын
The original was what I kept on my desk at school for 'free reading' time when I was 10. Great stuff!
@priyanks91 Жыл бұрын
Finished the 3rd chimpanzee today (2023) and man, i just can't stop listening to him talk. Wish I could witness his greatness in person
@vgrof23153 жыл бұрын
Am very pleased to hear this man speak after having read a couple of his books. Thank you.
@migrantchick9 жыл бұрын
Thank you. I'm a big fan of Jared Diamond.
@ConservativeAnthem8 жыл бұрын
OK...so how much do you weigh?!!
@tomspike442311 ай бұрын
Love this guys work.
@rafavf88395 жыл бұрын
Obrigado, sou um admirador do trabalho de Jared Diamond.
@FreedomIsNeverEverFree8 жыл бұрын
I don't understand the history until reading the book "guns germs and steel".
@LambertBowden566 жыл бұрын
Jesus Jared, I suck at tech and I have very little motivation to learn it... But the origins of man himself is far more fascinating than my stupid phone.
@viviendomisabatico1587 Жыл бұрын
Marvellous!
@profbri.023 жыл бұрын
The whole talk is why he wrote a young person's version of his book, it's not about the book itself. Laaame!
@des_astresofficiel4 жыл бұрын
Mr Diamond for Nobel Prize! Racism is a plague, as we have seen until recently, and it arises from a condescending look on the other. This is why I am launching a petition to propose Jared Diamond to the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize. His books restore their dignity to a number of civilizations, including the last hunter-gatherers still existing, which he frequented for years. One of his books particularly "kills" racism: "Inequality among men". I suggest that you sign this petition on @t @t
@fhoofe324511 ай бұрын
25:00 the problem with voting is the massive effects of lobbying and special-interest groups - from Presidential to local, voting really doesn't matter in the sense that only certain candidates get media attention in a time when the majority of the USA still watches mainstream media.
@seashells51817 ай бұрын
I would venture to say Jared Diamond is not a very remarkable spieces in his capacity to understand Humans. His chimpanzee ancestry, of which he is very proud, is to take credit for that.
@KasirRham5 жыл бұрын
The variety of his interest and insight is pretty amazing.
@peterfrance74892 жыл бұрын
2% difference in DNA is by no means the complete explanation of the gulf between Man and Chimp. See Michael Levin.
@busterbiloxi38334 жыл бұрын
His combover is under more control now.
@fhoofe324511 ай бұрын
this was not a talk about anything educational, he just said "i have a new book" and then said young people should be activists for climate/social stuff. then answered questions 32:30 onward - wouldn't recommend this video
@phillipjackson101 Жыл бұрын
AwEsOmE guy, very interesting 🙂
@govindagovindaji46622 жыл бұрын
103:00 thereabouts. Kudos to last two men at the mic~! Mr. Diamond wasn't quick enough though to realize he would likely find leads to some interesting data to pursue his findings of patterns should he read the book suggested. And yes, "profitable solutions" ~ so much in green energy goes that way~! I have a feeling though that Walmart & Tysons (both headquarters/origins are in the same part of country) collaborated on those chickens (-: and I doubt the outcome was profitable for the chickens~!
@SimoneCarp5 жыл бұрын
Couple these reflections with Sapolsky's and Pinker's and you get a decent amount of information about the world and how humanity is going to manage it. About Diamond's concerns about the future. There's a lot of disparity, yes, but the first derivative is decisively negative. So goes with rates of pollution, raw materials usage, violence.
@govindagovindaji46622 жыл бұрын
Hi. Can you kindly give me simple (as possible, ha ha) reference as to what "first derivative" means in the sense or context that you are using it? Thanks.
@canilernproto30182 жыл бұрын
Couldn't agree more. I have yet to read Pinker but Sapolsky and Diamond are foundational for me to say the least.
@SimoneCarp2 жыл бұрын
@@govindagovindaji4662 a first derivative in mathematics is the slope of a variable (implicitly I meant the trend of disparity, pollution, crime, etcetera... but I guess I could have made it easier to understand 😋).
@SimoneCarp2 жыл бұрын
@@canilernproto3018 inspirational by giving you access to fact-grounded theories, further authors and books, that's what makes them great 👍
@govindagovindaji46622 жыл бұрын
Thank you @Simone Carpentieri So then, first derivative being "decisively negative" means it gets worse?
@canadiannuclearman5 жыл бұрын
The good follow up on this video is Hanz Rosling videos on population and health.
@MrSvenovitch3 жыл бұрын
That liar has not been breathing anymore since a few years now...
@guillatra5 жыл бұрын
21:27 "In german it takes about 30% more text to say something, than in english."
@sydneymorey60592 жыл бұрын
Love reading the comments, they cover all my thoughts and more. Well done KZbin. Cheers SBM
@bobaldo23396 жыл бұрын
"Why was it Europeans that expanded around the world?" I guess he is referring to the age of colonization? Otherwise, I can't imagine what he is thinking! Europe was settled quite late by our modern species, compared to Asia and Australia (for instance), and by the same people who left Africa and actually did expand around the world.
@yonatancruz27613 жыл бұрын
Why was Europeans expanded the world? " Go you therefore, and COLONIZE all nations, and christianize them in the name of the X, the Y, and the Z "
@michaelwoodsmccausland56332 жыл бұрын
It’s always worth being around
@CooNooTimeAgeThoughT7 жыл бұрын
The last scholar-like questioner stood up quickly after closing session so that he got Diamond's autogragh in the 1st place??
@Tsnore10 жыл бұрын
Good talk especially the Q and A. But Jared is off base when he answered a question by throwing in the intimation that poverty primarily drives terrorism. The facts and analyses don't bear that out.
@Anarkayy9 жыл бұрын
+Tsnore the united states is the biggest terrorist state in the world and is obviously wealthy so i suppose you could cite the us as a counter evidence, however there is a huge correlation between discord/poverty and extremism.
@1mtstewart9 жыл бұрын
+Tsnore your facts are in dispute.
@alexds84525 жыл бұрын
Verbose, but definitely brilliant. Love how he takes a scientific approach to his study of comparative history. Been active with Earth Corps & ecological efforts since JHS & I donate both time & money to 1. environment & 2. education, but am not holding my breath.
@dan65064 жыл бұрын
47:25 Actually 9/11 was carried out by very rich people from a wealthy country.
@MrPfsantos4 жыл бұрын
So you need money to fix the environment! Money is, in great extent, the transformation of natural resources in economy, and he wants to convince me that the causer of the problem is the solution of it. I admire him in many things but regarding the ecological issue, either he is being naive or dishonest. Or he is just being like me when I talk with my young niece. I try to sugar coat the pill in order to not depress her. Bottom line is this: nobody presented a solution without major changes in our life, and I don't believe that people will accept that willingly. So it will have to be by force , and that will be the end of democracy. Either way, the future is bleak.
@MrSvenovitch3 жыл бұрын
"My sons will be 63 in 2050." I once knew someone who thought like this. He buried his son 3 years before he died himself.
@busterbiloxi38334 жыл бұрын
What's with the fanny pack at his waist? He looks like an American tourist in Europe..
@internet_2 жыл бұрын
This my landlord??
@kriscou-v2g Жыл бұрын
Vote...? Difficult to chose between these crooks !
@phillipstruble36152 жыл бұрын
I would like to ask his opinion on ego. No assumption please... just opinion.
@citizenschallengeYT4 жыл бұрын
Sure made a big deal about the 2% DNA difference. But, I think it's an example of asking a bad question, so any answers will be inadequate. There's much yet to understand about the process of DNA and its final expression in an organism. Very subtle changes can have incredible outward consequences. Getting a feel for what makes us different from animals will take much much more information and a different perspective. This 2% amazement is the equivalent of looking at a post card. It's a shame Jared spent more time discussing himself than the book itself. Not that I'm knocking it, he's an interesting guy, but I dropped in to hear about the book. :-\ I myself believe a required first step is fully confronting and appreciating the difference between our "Human Mindscape" and "Physical Reality" we exist in for 'our' few years. It brings one to some sobering realizations - before we go off searching for our answers. }Too many seem unaware of how much they have been trapped by their ego's. Creates an unspoken unrecognized impulse to think our thoughts are the reality, instead of simply our striving to understand. I believe it does make a difference.} ps, citizenschallenge.blogspot.com/2018/08/key-to-nonoverlapping-magisterium.html
@tiego836 жыл бұрын
Legendas em português, já!
@michaelwoodsmccausland56332 жыл бұрын
The Fox P2 Gene
@ansfridaeyowulfsdottir80953 жыл бұрын
I dunno, everyone seems to think he's some sort of genius, but I find him quite dull. {:-:-:}
@HkFinn833 жыл бұрын
He wrote a very accessible book that claims to teach people a stupendous amount with very little knowledge or effort required. You can see why it’s popular.
@annalejandro110 жыл бұрын
Why does this man pace so much? Sorry I get visual vertigo/nausea. What is his medical problem?
@qhsperson10 жыл бұрын
Ann Alejandro Ever do any teaching/lecturing? It's hard as hell on your feet and legs if you try to stand in one spot for any length of time. The older you get, the harder it gets.
@davecampbell74935 жыл бұрын
20 minutes in and yet to reveal the contents of the book. Lost interest.
@pfhastie10 жыл бұрын
Why is he carrying a bum bag?
@CK-jd1kf9 жыл бұрын
Maybe for his medical problem?
@deadsparrow287 жыл бұрын
It's a ticket punch machine. He sells tickets to his talks.
@NEMO-NEMO7 жыл бұрын
Irrelevant ...
@thekaxmax7 жыл бұрын
It's actually around his neck. It's an equipment bag.
@GaryAskwith1in57 жыл бұрын
Scottish background, it's a modern Sporran.
@qwertyqart9 жыл бұрын
why don't German friends just a get an ebook reader instead :)
@michaelwoodsmccausland56332 жыл бұрын
The Result of DNA modification
@wagnerraymondreyesalvarez5570 Жыл бұрын
❤
@vladalexe35036 жыл бұрын
Did he come to talk about his books and kids or anything else? He may know something but I think people make too big of a deal out of him
@PaulMorrisseyIRL5 жыл бұрын
Did you watch beyond 7 minutes?
@fj28762 жыл бұрын
why can socialism analogue homogenetic protectionism
@zzergg81889 жыл бұрын
I can barely get through the first chapter of this book. "...or whenever taxonomists from Outer Space visit Earth to inventory its inhabitants, they will unhesitatingly adopt the new classification" (p 25). Seriously? Oh what else will outer space taxonomists unhesitatingly adopt? "As one possibility, they may have routinely used their teeth as vices grip objects, like my baby sons, who gripped their milk bottles in their teeth and ran around with their hands free" (p 42). What kind of scientist takes this type of assumptive liberty? Conservationism and social engineering have zero place in science. It pollutes the water on the assumption/error that morality is stagnant. The Nazis thought their morality was of the highest order and used social/biological sciences to justify their morality. The English and their only the strong will survive economic/social policies believed their morality was of the highest order and they used social/biological sciences to justify their morality. This man, Jared Diamond, uses science to justify his morality and with it he creates error and illusion. How can we, as humans, ever dream of getting to the truth when we keep injecting "humanity/morality" into our journey? Morality is relative. Anthropology must be a mirror in which humankind can look upon to see simply itself; a self awareness. This man and people like him are a wasteful pit stop on our journey.
@michaelwoodsmccausland56332 жыл бұрын
Children change your view
@Blakdog3339 жыл бұрын
vote for who? fixed game Jared!
@johnbatson87792 жыл бұрын
He is a nice guy but for a guy who teaches geography his understanding of geodetics is practically zero.
@raylsoncarlos5 жыл бұрын
Socialism, socialism, socialism... Seriously?
@panjandrum.conundrum5 жыл бұрын
We have altruistic instincts to protect the population.
@S.Sarajlic7 жыл бұрын
Politically correct.
@eurotrucking72145 жыл бұрын
6 min intro was too much for me. I’m out!
@ipdavid10437 жыл бұрын
one fact, and one false: fact: he knows a lot about evolutions..false..he does not know anything about Sun spot that affects our Earth temperature...global warming in cyclical period...oh...I thought I saw Stephen King?? at 37min...
@panjandrum.conundrum5 жыл бұрын
You really aren't making an effort to read real scientific literature.
@Halargus9 жыл бұрын
This guy has been completely discredited. His book Guns, Germs, and Steel was a laughingstock.
@1mtstewart9 жыл бұрын
+Harry Argus try again.
@1mtstewart9 жыл бұрын
+ThreshPrinceOfBelAir discredited by whom?
@1mtstewart9 жыл бұрын
Probably, hasnt read a book in a while...
@michaelsheley1589 жыл бұрын
I read the book about a decade ago and thought it was one of the best non-fiction books I've read. Everything I've read in the field since supports his work. Mr Angus is confusing him and his book with someone else.
@johnweaver36008 жыл бұрын
Mr. Argus is sadly a fool. Or just a troll. Maybe both?
@toddjohnson21909 жыл бұрын
Thanks old timer, you can go home and lecture your cat now.
@ConservativeAnthem8 жыл бұрын
lol
@jbeastist7 жыл бұрын
guys joke new age crap
@howardwhite15077 жыл бұрын
100% a fan until he started drooling about climate change..... I am hoping he recovers his mind and moves to something relevant.