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Collapse

How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed

Jared Diamond

Learn from the lessons of the past to avoid ecological disaster in the future. Jared Diamond's Collapse delves into the reasons behind the collapse of great civilizations, from Easter Island to Greenland, and examines the environmental, political, and societal factors at play. With parallels to modern-day issues and a global scope, this essential book poses the urgent question: How can we best avoid committing ecological suicide?
Publish Date
2005-12-27T00:00:00.000Z
2005-12-27T00:00:00.000Z
first published in 2004
Goodreads Rating
3.93
ISBN
8580001050607
Recommendations
2
Recommendations
2020-07-03T15:08:17.000Z
COLLAPSE: great book about why civilizations collapse by Jared Diamond. Easter Island is famous collapse. Why do civiliazations collapse? People kept doing stupid things. Easter Island collapsed environment building stone heads. US keeps printing FAKE $. Got gold silver Bitcoin      source
Has some interesting stuff to propose.      source