Book Summary: The WEIRDest People in the World by Joseph Henrich
My latest summary is for The WEIRDest People in the World: How the West became Psychologically Peculiar and Particularly Prosperous by Joseph […]
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Book Summary: Prisoners of Geography by Tim Marshall
This is a summary of Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps that Explain Everything About the World by Tim Marshall. While the book’s […]
Book Summary: How Democracies Die by Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt
This summary of How Democracies Die: What History Reveals About Our Future by Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt explains how American democracy […]
Book Summary: The Lessons of History by Will and Ariel Durant
The Lessons of History by Will and Ariel Durant is a sweeping examination of history, human nature, and the patterns that we […]
Book Summary: Economics: The User’s Guide by Ha-Joon Chang
I’m prefacing this summary of Economics: The User’s Guide with a disclaimer: There’s a lot that I haven’t summarised, because the book […]
Book Summary: Why We Fight by Chris Blattman
What motivates people to go to war? In this summary of Why We Fight: The Roots of War and the Paths to […]
Sapiens vs Guns, Germs and Steel
Many people compare Sapiens to Guns Germs and Steel. In my opinion, GGS overall is a better book than Sapiens. But both are worth reading.
Book Summary: Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari
A very detailed summary of the book Sapiens, by Yuval Noah Harari. Around 70,000 years ago, homo sapiens developed superior cognitive functions and wiped out other human species. Harari then describes our species’ changes throughout the Agricultural Revolution (around 12,000 years ago) and Scientific Revolution (500 years ago). He finishes by looking into the future, which may soon see the end of Sapiens as we know it.
Criticisms of Guns, Germs and Steel
There are many criticisms of Guns, Germs and Steel. This summary outlines, in hopefully a fair and balanced way, the key criticisms and responses to it.
Book Summary: Guns, Germs and Steel by Jared Diamond
In Guns, Germs and Steel, Diamond sets out to answer a question posed by one of his New Guinean friends: why did human development proceed at such different rates on different continents? This is a detailed summary of the 20th anniversary edition of the book published in 2017.