![]() ![]() Diamond is too simplistic and ignores the role of human agency I can only comment on the coherence and persuasiveness of the points raised. I am not a historian, anthropologist, or epidemiologist and am not able to personally judge the factual accuracy of the criticisms I have found.Please let me know if you have found other points raised that have not been summarised here. While I have spent a few hours online seeking out such criticism, I am sure I have missed some. My aim in summarising the key criticisms of Guns, Germs and Steel is to save you time.In this post, I intend to summarise, in what is hopefully a fair and balanced way, the main criticisms I’ve found and some responses to that criticism. They tell the historians “you’re missing the point” or “that doesn’t invalidate his general thesis”. Even after reading those criticisms, many people continue to defend Diamond. There are many criticisms of Jared Diamond’s book, Guns Germs and Steel (read my summary here) online, often by historians. ![]()
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