For those of you in the Boston area, the author of Guns Germs and Steel, and Collapse is giving 3 talks at Harvard this week.
Wednsday, March 8
Continental differences in human history
Jared Diamond, University of California, Los Angeles
8:00 PM
Hall B, The Science Center, Harvard University
1 Oxford Street
Thursday, March 9
Problem solving by human societies
Jared Diamond, University of California, Los Angeles
12:00 PM
Fairchild Lecture Hall, Harvard University
7 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge
Friday, March 10
A Surprise -- final lecture
Jared Diamond, University of California, Los Angeles
5:00 PM
Biolabs Lecture Hall, Harvard University
16 Divinity Ave.
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Curse my being on a different continent! I loved GGS.
As a complete layman, I of course have no idea as to whether said book is accurate in its data and conclusions (commentary from those who are actually qualified would be useful), but it is beautifully written and contains a wide range of useful ideas about how the world works.
Jared Diamond! Two fisted adventurer! Man of Action!
Sorry, I just envy him having a cool Hollywood type name. Too bad I can't go, deadline to close.