Jared Diamond — Guns, Germs, & Steel | London Real

so if they dont have heart attack and stroke, what do they die from

The reason for European invention being so prominent is curiosity and capitalism, basically, culture. Same with Asians. There is nothing, absolutely NOTHING, that suggests innate intellectual superiority. If it were intellect, explain why Asians and Hispanics/Native Americans, who were the same people, are eons apart in development, innovation, and a laundry list of other things? Europeans have a culture that promotes creativity and expression, and an economic system that rewards it, and therefore incentivizes it. Whereas other minorities, especially people in Papua New Guinea, don't have such things and in many ways, don't want them.

too much talking by interviewer.

That is legit pomhub on that guys screen??

This was a particularly enjoyable interview.

Remarkable man. I've read most of his books; more than once. Age has only slowed him slightly; his brain has not suffered at all. It's entertaining to read the hate mails here. I ask those people, what books have you written that you are so 'knowledgable' on?

This guy is such an idiot. The fact is that ideas DO travel North and South. Ideas travel everywhere people travel. Vikings traveled far South from their home and settled all over, and they definitely picked up and spread ideas. The Romans traveled as far South as Africa, and as far North as Britain. Of course ideas via people travel North South East and West. That is not the reason Europeans were successful. The success of any kind is not an accident, its always perserverance, innovation, and bravery. And anyone with a brain knows this. And of course some idiotic Marxist types that want to believe that all success is an accident will eat it up….not tom mention asswipes who have a white guilt problem.

The responsibility for the unjust ban
on DDT, lies with Prince Philip and the
environmental movement that he
launched and controlled through his
World Wildlife Fund for Nature, and its
poisonous offshoots such as Greenpeace.
These share an evil belief, as
followers of Malthus and Hitler, that
the Earth is grossly overpopulated and
needs to be reduced from 6.7 billion to
less than 2 billion. They have certainly
practiced what they preached. The environmentalists’
war against DDT was
a war against humanity.

Given the irrational fear factor promoted by the greens, any
objections must first be overcome with an intensive campaign
of public education conducted nationally in the media, and especially
in the suburbs, by disease control professionals, to win
the confidence and support of the community. On the appointed
days, the same health officials will then go on to actually
spray the inside walls of every dwelling and public and commercial
building with DDT.

thank to this man i discorver my spanish acentors, my spanish roots

The societies more tightly controlled by religion tend to leave it to God's will rather than finding solutions in S & T.

Diamond is wrong. It's DNA and inspiration, nothing else.

what a big mentality

I am glad to hear from interview. The most important contents such as history of anthropology relates science. It is important that learned from human past.

Jareds expression (or lack of) while the sponsors are reeled of at the start is priceless.

Mr. Diamond love to compare his beloved White race to Africans and North & South American Indians and make it seem like the colonization of these two continent by his people is inevitable because a superior people with superior technology will naturally take over a more primitive race because of their newfound knowledge and urge to conquer

— but what Mr. Diamond will never try to do is compare his beloved White race to the Asian race because the Asian race and its long amazing history will show that it was they who invented the Gun and Steel, and they did not do all the terrible things Europeans did

''Brain Octane Oil''' Hmmmmmm nyummmm — 5years from now 

Bye Quinoa 

Why does this interview never get to exploring the theme of Guns, Germs and Steel? The interview is misnamed, no?

absolutely fantastic interview! Thank you,

Interesting how this guy Diamond talks about the virtues of societies like the ones in places like New Guinea.He grins as he uses phrases like "stupid whites".Yet, Diamond sits there and enjoys all the modern comforts of that "stupid" white society.Why won't Diamond give it all up and live that wonderful New Guinea life style?

My favorite was the 3rd chimpanzee… Collapse was good but depressing. GGS was good, but I think the Nat. Geo. documentary about the book messed up my appreciation for it beforehand… I didn't think the documentary for GGS was very good so it delayed my reading of the actual book. After I did read GGS it improved my opinion of the story, as it included far more of the details necessary to understand the argument.

haven't read anything other the 'guns germs & steel'. but it ranks among my favorites. it was an eyeopener at the time, to find a different approach in history was possible.

Thanks again Brian, very inspirational!

thank you very much for this