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Is this worth reading?

>> No.18577952

no

>> No.18577955

>>18577952
Why not?

>> No.18577962

>>18577955
subtitle

>> No.18577963

fuck no
it's pseudo science for simpletons with no nuance or depth and it lacks proper sources

>> No.18577966

it's a fun and interesting read, just take it with a grain of salt like any other pop science book

>> No.18577975

>>18577963
Any alternative books on the topic you'd recommend?

>> No.18577982

What's the main thesis?

>> No.18577992

>>18577982
Basically that humankind's distinctive evolutionary advantage which made us so successful is our ability to think abstractly.

>> No.18578034

>>18577975
The Social Leap

>> No.18578040

>>18577975
Yes whats a good alternative

I like the idea of a scientific romp through geological time centered on mankind, which this book did first, but this book has too many crackpot theories and pseudoscience.

>> No.18578164

>>18577939
Jew propaganda for midwits. You might as well read Guns Germs and Steel.

>> No.18579040

>>18578034
hey i teach at the same university as that guy

>> No.18579047

>>18578164
I mean that’s also a great book

>> No.18579052

>>18577939
Yes it's some good interesting thought provoking stuff

>> No.18579060

>>18578164
/thread

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>>18577939
No, it's propaganda as this anon pointed out>>18578164
Read pic related instead

>> No.18579116

>>18579073
Uhm…

>> No.18579311

>>18577963
It isn't meant as a work of science, why would you even think that

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>>18578164

>> No.18579337

>>18579047
>Jared Diamond

>> No.18579346

>>18577939
Not really. Its just an advice book to give to clueless millenials who dont know jack shit what's happening around them. I got that book at a college seminar and its just paper weight. You may find some interesting things but thats about it.

>> No.18579362

>>18579337
Great author

>> No.18579400

>>18579311
then what is it meant as? as a way to carry around toilet paper?

>> No.18579413

Be very wary of non fiction books that feature a lot of speculation and not a lot of solid sources

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>>18579328
Except that he's correct and so is /pol/ most of the time.

>> No.18579487

>>18579474
Take a shower

>> No.18579709

>>18577975
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire – Edward Gibbon;
Economy and Historty – Max Weber;
A Study of History – Arnold J. Toynbee;
The Mediterranean and the Mediterranean World in the Age of Philip II – Fernand Braudel;
Discipline and Punish - Michel Foucault

>> No.18579712

>>18579709
>Economy and Historty – Max Weber;
Economy and Society*

>> No.18579756

>>18579709
Add a troublesome inheritance by wade and ancestral journeys by marco

>> No.18580099

>>18578164
Amen

>> No.18580107

>>18577963
Based

>> No.18580148

>>18579487
lmao

>> No.18581236

Writer is a gay faggot Jew (literally) so don't

>> No.18581268

It's a fable driven by political-ideological motives, as books like this usually are. Read John Sexton's review.

>> No.18581286

>>18577963

What do you mean pseudo science you fucking retard, it's literally about history. What a dumb fuck.

Op don't listen to these fucking retards, if you aren't familiar with most of history, homo sapiens is an interesting attempt to create a full picture of the evolution of humanity from the most ancient times based on what we know nowadays.

>> No.18581310

>>18577975
R. Christian's Maps of Time is an amazing read on the same kind of topic. The search term for this genre is Big History/Anthropology. Am an anthropologist and reading the real shit is my day to day.

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>>18581286
History is a science you idiot. You need sources to make a claim about history, historians don't just make shit up, they need to reason through the scientific method, so they analyze the sources, they develop a theory and then they expose it to the academic community

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>>18577955

>> No.18582895

>>18579116
Most of the Bible is about how untrustworthy and disloyal the jews are.

>> No.18582901

>>18577939
Taleb hates it. That should be all you need to know.

>> No.18582934

>>18579474
>Gavrilo Princip was Jewish
>person was spotted next to a synagogue one time, he must have been working for the jews
>pre-revolutionary russia was super good bro, trust me
I really wish he just focused on the confirmables instead of wandering into schizo territory all the time. I agree with the core idea, and the people involved (overwhelmingly jewish) have done all kinds of shady stuff. How deeply rooted and evil Rothschilds were in all the worst parts of European history. But then he just kinda discredits himself.

>> No.18583196

>>18577939
No it's too broad a book to get anything meaningful out of it.

If you're interested in genetic read Who We Are and How We Got Here by David Reich

For a narrower read about ancient cultures, particularly the Western cultures and Aryans, The Horse, the Wheel and Language by David Anthony is great.