/lit/ - Literature

>>19798658
Not him but it heavily relies on you being historically ignorant in order to fall for the cherry picked examples it provides to prove it's points.
It's a clear case of start with the conclusion and find evidence to support it.

If you want an example the Tunnel of Eupalinos completely destroys his arguments about geography determining people success. With nothing but stone tools and geometry the Greeks built aqueducts through mountains but Diamond wants you to believe something like that is impossible and Greek success was purely based on starting location luck.

>>10828346
no u