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Daniel A is planning to read Commodify Your Dissent: Salvos from the Baffler.
Daniel A is planning to read The Evolution of Useful Things: How Everyday Artifacts-From Forks and Pins to Paper Clips and Zippers-Came to be as They are.
Daniel A is planning to read A History of the World in 6 Glasses.
Daniel A is planning to read Color: A Natural History of the Palette.
Daniel A is planning to read Salt.
Daniel A is planning to read Spice : The History of a Temptation.
Daniel A is planning to read Denialism: How Irrational Thinking Hinders Scientific Progress, Harms the Planet, and Threatens Our Lives.
Daniel A is now reading Anna Karenina.
Daniel A is planning to read Super Freakonomics.
Daniel A is planning to read Caribbean: A Novel.
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Well, I don't know whether you should read 'guns, germs and steel'. It all depends what you want to read. There isn't a story or anything like that to be found in this book. The focus of this book is trying to find an explanation for the inequality that exists today in the world. According to Jared Diamond the situation of today is all due to geografical factors and he brings a lot of evidence to support his claim. But, the critics say that his claim is too determinalistic to be true. And true, if you take his position there's very little chance that this inequality will ever be changed. But, as I said, he brings an awfull lot of evidence to support his claim and goes back to the dawn of civilization to point to the facts which caused a world with the great inequalities that we see today.
Yes, a "wise" man must read "guns, germs and steel"....A brilliant theory and write that you do not want to miss. Good luck!
given what i see on your shelf, i think you will enjoy guns germs and steel.
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