Tuesday, December 11, 2007

Third Chimpanzee

Finish with the Third Chimpanzee by Jared Diamond. Quite a good piece. In fact, it seems a waste of time to read Gun Germ and Steel and Collapse; the idea is somewhat repeating.

3 comments:

飛越瘋人院 said...

The third chimpanzee is written after steel guns and germs, that's why you find it repeating. BTW, I think both books are good and are handling different problems.

CC Szeto said...

From what I know, the Third Chimpanzee was first published in 1992, and Gun Germ and Steel 1997.

飛越瘋人院 said...

LOL. I think I get confused with the years. Sorry. Anyway, I think they are handling different problems. The third chimpanzee mainly compare human behavior with animal behaviour while steell guns and germ handle the difference in advance in different cultures.