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WHY DO SOME SOCIETIES MAKE DISASTROUS DECISIONS? is an excellent essay. Jared's a swell chap and his Guns, Germs, and Steel is a classic.
Prepare to be depressed by it.
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WHY DO SOME SOCIETIES MAKE DISASTROUS DECISIONS? is an excellent essay. Jared's a swell chap and his Guns, Germs, and Steel is a classic.
Prepare to be depressed by it.
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I have that one printed since yesterday, looking for a time to read it."Beware of he who would deny you access to information, for in his heart he dreams himself your master" - Commissioner Pravin Lal.Comment
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Why print it when you can watch the video?? He speaks very wellOnly feebs vote.Comment
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Hmm. So that's what this video link is all about...Originally posted by Agathon
Why print it when you can watch the video?? He speaks very well
"Beware of he who would deny you access to information, for in his heart he dreams himself your master" - Commissioner Pravin Lal.Comment
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Thx for the link, I don´t have the time to read it now, but I´ll do it later
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Sleep in this morning, eh?Originally posted by Eli
Hmm. So that's what this video link is all about...
Only feebs vote.Comment
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Do you visit A&L regularly as well?
A&What? I got this from Slashdot.
Blog | Civ2 Scenario League | leo.petr at gmail.comComment
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I thought GGS was really overrated. No footnotes. Repititious. And attempted to counter the genetics arguement without ever directly looking at it. (As if more than one factor can't influence an outcome.)Comment
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GGS was pretty interesting but not as revolutionary as people claimed and a bit out there. There definitely wasn't an air of formality about the thing."mono has crazy flow and can rhyme words that shouldn't, like Eminem"
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Arts and Letters.Originally posted by St Leo
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A&What? I got this from Slashdot.
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I could care less about "looking formal". (Not a good thing.) What I care about is how much the book relies on facts and solid analysis.Originally posted by monolith94
GGS was pretty interesting but not as revolutionary as people claimed and a bit out there. There definitely wasn't an air of formality about the thing.
What it didn't have was footnotes, statistics, math, etc.Comment
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Yeah, but when you write not only for a small circle of scientists I think it is ok. It doesn´t automatically mean he doesn´t rely on facts or that his analysis is wrong.
And at the end of GGS there are several pages with scientific literature for every chapter ("Further Readings").BlahComment
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Great book. If it was overrated, I was one of those doing the overrating."I'm so happy I could go and drive a car crash!"
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Originally posted by BeBro
Yeah, but when you write not only for a small circle of scientists I think it is ok. It doesn´t automatically mean he doesn´t rely on facts or that his analysis is wrong.
And at the end of GGS there are several pages with scientific literature for every chapter ("Further Readings").
I've read lots of popular books that were chock full of footnotes. It's not too unreasonable.Comment
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