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It's good by ucblockhead (4.00 / 1) #1 Thu Apr 10, 2008 at 01:03:10 PM EST

Though he sometimes overreaches a bit and ascribes environmental causes to all societal collapses, when there's plenty of other things that can make a society go splat.

Still, it certainly has happened, and the warning is timely.
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It's not as good as GGS by wiredog (2.00 / 0) #2 Thu Apr 10, 2008 at 01:07:36 PM EST

Actually, Guns, Germs, and Steel wasn't that good either. The subject is, and the examples shown, but Diamond's writing gets a bit tiring after a while.

Be nice to see what Simon Winchester or Charlie Pellegrino could do with the same ideas.

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: It's pretty heavy going by codemonkey uk (4.00 / 1) #4 Thu Apr 10, 2008 at 02:04:04 PM EST

He is painstakingly thorough, and belabours the point. Admittedly not qualities conducive to entertainment, but given the subject matter, it seems appropriate.

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: It's also pretty repetitive by wumpus (2.00 / 0) #5 Fri Apr 11, 2008 at 08:20:15 AM EST

from the examples in GGS. Also, if you realize how fast you can grow a forest suitable for particleboard, nearly all the examples (No Trees) aren't modern dangers.
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Seconded by Breaker (4.00 / 1) #3 Thu Apr 10, 2008 at 01:08:32 PM EST

Fascinating reading. Especially the chapter on Australia.

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