http://cominganarchy.com/2005/08/04/ggs-the-book-was-better/ Speak Victorian, Think Pagan Sun, 21 Mar 2010 17:24:32 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 http://cominganarchy.com/2005/08/04/ggs-the-book-was-better/comment-page-1/#comment-31374 sun bin Fri, 30 Sep 2005 18:08:30 +0000 http://www.cominganarchy.com/?p=925#comment-31374 the bonus of diamond's book is a good introduction to anthropology, history, and linguistics that we would otherwise not have learned. the bonus of diamond’s book is a good introduction to anthropology, history, and linguistics that we would otherwise not have learned.

]]> http://cominganarchy.com/2005/08/04/ggs-the-book-was-better/comment-page-1/#comment-17438 Curzon Fri, 05 Aug 2005 02:20:15 +0000 http://www.cominganarchy.com/?p=925#comment-17438 Of course culture matters -- but why did certain cultures develop the way they did? I think many of the similarities I see between Britain and Japan come from their similar geographical situations. Of course culture matters — but why did certain cultures develop the way they did? I think many of the similarities I see between Britain and Japan come from their similar geographical situations.

]]> http://cominganarchy.com/2005/08/04/ggs-the-book-was-better/comment-page-1/#comment-17435 snow Fri, 05 Aug 2005 01:45:35 +0000 http://www.cominganarchy.com/?p=925#comment-17435 I haven't read the book, though it definitely sounds interesting, but one geopolitical commentator I like, Jack Wheeler, says it's ultimately silly to think that culture plays little or no part in the development of a civilization. I have to agree with him on that. I haven’t read the book, though it definitely sounds interesting, but one geopolitical commentator I like, Jack Wheeler, says it’s ultimately silly to think that culture plays little or no part in the development of a civilization. I have to agree with him on that.

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