In his million-copy bestseller Guns, Germs, and Steel , Jared Diamond examined how and why Western civilizations developed the technologies and immunities that allowed them to dominate much of the world. Now in this brilliant companion volume, Diamond probes the other side of the equation: What caused some of the great civilizations of the past to collapse into ruin, and w...
In his million-copy bestseller Guns, Germs, and Steel , Jared Diamond examined how and why Western civilizations developed the technologies and immunities that allowed them to dominate much of the world. Now in this brilliant companion volume, Diamond probes the other side of the equation: What caused some of the great civilizations of the past to collapse into ruin, and what can we learn from their fates? As in Guns, Germs, and Steel , Diamond weaves an all-encompassing global thesis through a series of fascinating historical-cultural narratives. Moving from the Polynesian cultures on Easter Island to the flourishing American civilizations of the Anasazi and the Maya and finally to the doomed Viking colony on Greenland, Diamond traces the fundamental pattern of catastrophe. Environmental damage, climate change, rapid population growth, and unwise political choices were all factors in the demise of these societies, but other societies found solutions and persisted. Similar problems face us today and have already brought disaster to Rwanda and Haiti, even as China and Australia are trying to cope in innovative ways. Despite our own society’s apparently inexhaustible wealth and unrivaled political power, ominous warning signs have begun to emerge even in ecologically robust areas like Montana. Brilliant, illuminating, and immensely absorbing, Collapse is destined to take its place as one of the essential books of our time, raising the urgent question: How can our world best avoid committing ecological suicide?
Re-read this gem recently, aged fantastically-- the reasons civilizations rose and fell are still repeating themselves, and Jared Diamond capitalizes on that.
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When faced with a crisis of overpopulation and food shortages, good leaders will seek solutions. Yet the Mayan leaders did the opposite – they simply ignored the worsening situation. For them, it was important to concentrate on building up their own power. So instead of finding ways to grow more food sustainably, they spent time and resources on building ever more expensive monuments to themselves and on waging war with rivals.
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While the Viking community was struggling, Greenland’s native Inuit populations were experts in living in their environment. If the Vikings had learned from them they would have known, for example, that fish were a better source of food than cattle. But the Vikings refused to learn from what they thought were inferior people, and so continued with their old ways implacably.
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But before you start getting angry at the Chinese people and government for allowing this to happen, you should remember that we in the West share some of the blame. Western businesses are happy to outsource their polluting industries to China and we are all happy to consume cheap Chinese goods.
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Societies can collapse if they lose their major trading partners.
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When faced with a crisis of overpopulation and food shortages, good leaders will seek solutions. Yet the Mayan leaders did the opposite – they simply ignored the worsening situation. For them, it was important to concentrate on building up their own power. So instead of finding ways to grow more food sustainably, they spent time and resources on building ever more expensive monuments to themselves and on waging war with rivals.
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While the Viking community was struggling, Greenland’s native Inuit populations were experts in living in their environment. If the Vikings had learned from them they would have known, for example, that fish were a better source of food than cattle. But the Vikings refused to learn from what they thought were inferior people, and so continued with their old ways implacably.
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0 有用 酒徒 2013-12-13 23:11:08
哎玛雅，读原版太累了
0 有用 一锅脑浆粥 2020-05-10 18:48:56
朝闻道。传世之作，然已无世可传。
0 有用 soloye 2013-08-19 22:08:47
好像也没讲出什么来，和看了自私的基因后一样，没有变化
0 有用 Sheryl 2019-12-31 11:53:21
4.9 stars. The demonstration of Easter Island's society.
0 有用 落。 2012-10-29 01:35:03
此书会让人觉得罗嗦，但其实是作者以像做学术那样的严谨态度写的。总结了几个人类文明灭亡或者衰落的原因，看了让人扼腕惋惜。虽然那些文明大多都是小范围的，如今经济文明都全球化。但是，人，仍旧鼠目寸光而又贪婪自私。实在应该每个人都来读这书。虽然读了，也仍旧因为自私而选择鼠目寸光。。。
0 有用 一锅脑浆粥 2020-05-10 18:48:56
朝闻道。传世之作，然已无世可传。
0 有用 Sheryl 2019-12-31 11:53:21
4.9 stars. The demonstration of Easter Island's society.
0 有用 酒徒 2013-12-13 23:11:08
哎玛雅，读原版太累了
0 有用 soloye 2013-08-19 22:08:47
好像也没讲出什么来，和看了自私的基因后一样，没有变化
0 有用 sinomite 2012-12-26 03:54:22
Re-read this gem recently, aged fantastically-- the reasons civilizations rose and fell are still repeating themselves, and Jared Diamond capitalizes on that.