[extropy-chat] Collapse (Jared Diamond)

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--> Dan Clemmensen
> Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2005 7:26 PM
> To: ExI chat list
> Subject: [extropy-chat] Collapse (Jared Diamond)

> I am almost finished reading "Collapse." It is fascinating and every bit
> as thought-provoking as "Guns, Germs, and Steel."

I think it got somewhat savaged on a variety of sensible grounds didn't it?
Basically he's being Malthusian in his predictions for the future, based as
they are on historical events that actually have very little in common with
present day scenarios...

http://www.davidbrin.com/collapse.html

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