COMMENT –Jared Diamond’s work, Guns Germs and Steel is a pivotal work in the understanding of past phase change within societies. Jared is unique in his cross-disciplinary approach combining many fields — biology, anthropology, history, medicine and others.
I haven’t finished Collapse yet but in this talk from TED, Diamond outlines the key principles of societal collapse.
Diamond’s observations & books have been extraordinarily influential to my thinking and writing.
Especially my work on 2thinknow nascent trend analysis, allowing for the prediction of trends & events.
I started reading Diamond several years ago with the Third Chimpanzee.
The 2thinknow View.
As we went through the inevitable phase change form industrial-to-information society; now we transition from information-to-creative society.
Diamond’s guide is invaluable for his cross-disciplinary thinking on phase change.
Read Guns, Germs and Steel to start with. It is an eye-opening work of superior thinking.
Diamond’s Books & DVD.
Jared Diamond. Survival.
I haven’t finished Collapse yet but in this talk from TED, Diamond outlines the key principles of societal collapse.
Diamond’s observations & books have been extraordinarily influential to my thinking and writing.
Especially my work on 2thinknow nascent trend analysis, allowing for the prediction of trends & events.
I started reading Diamond several years ago with the Third Chimpanzee.
The 2thinknow View.
As we went through the inevitable phase change form industrial-to-information society; now we transition from information-to-creative society.
Diamond’s guide is invaluable for his cross-disciplinary thinking on phase change.
Read Guns, Germs and Steel to start with. It is an eye-opening work of superior thinking.
Diamond’s Books & DVD.
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