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Collapse
How Societies Choose to Fail Or Succeed
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I found that part of your book in Collapse so remarkable because the mistakes that the settlers in North Greenland made were so preposterous, but somehow they were incredibly familiar as well.
Steve Levitt · People I (Mostly) Admire · Jan 2023 Listen at 11:04 What they say about it
- Remarkable Greenland settlement section2
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I can't recommend highly enough to every reader if you care about sustainability of the planet to read a book called Collapse and it's written by one of my favorite authors in the world, Jared Diamond.
Now your book on environmental Collapse, that one seemed too pessimistic to me.
Tyler Cowen Conversations with Tyler · Sep 2026 I'm with Jared Diamond you know in the book Collapse where he points out studying the collapse of major civilizations that it often happens right after things appear to never have been better.
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Collapse by Jared M. Diamond examines how historical societies chose to succeed or fail, focusing heavily on environmental degradation, climate change, and political mismanagement. Mark Suster strongly recommended the book on This Week in Startups to listeners interested in global sustainability, highlighting Diamond's analysis of why civilizations self-destruct. On Conversations with Tyler, Tyler Cowen discussed the book's environmental pessimism with Jared Diamond himself, who noted how a chapter from an earlier work expanded into Collapse. On The Joe Rogan Experience, Mel Gibson mentioned reading the book while researching historical societal collapses for his film Apocalypto. Steve Levitt dedicated a segment on People I (Mostly) Admire to discussing his favorite passage in Collapse, expressing awe at the preposterous yet destructive mistakes made by the Norse Greenland settlement. Daniel Schmachtenberger also referenced Diamond's work on the Lex Fridman Podcast when discussing the systemic mechanisms behind civilization collapse. Podcast hosts and guests frequently return to the book for its stark cautionary tales about resource management and the fragility of human societies.
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Mark Suster i can't recommend highly enough to every reader if you care about sustainability of the planet to read a bo… 1
“i can't recommend highly enough to every reader if you care about sustainability of the planet to read a book called collapse and it's written by one of my favorite authors in the world jared diamond”
Mel Gibson I read a book once by Jared diamond called collapse you ever read that book 2
“I read a book once by Jared diamond called collapse you ever read that book”
“and of course then we read the book by Jared Diamond collaps”
Steve Levitt I think I've read all your books and my single favorite passage is when you write about the Norse Greenland… 2
“I think I've read all your books and my single favorite passage is when you write about the Norse Greenland settlement and I found that part of your book it was in collapse so remarkable”
“I think I've read all your books, and my single favorite passage is when you write about the Norse Greenland settlement, and I found that part of your book in "Collapse" so remarkable because the mistakes that the settlers in North Greenland made were so preposterous, but somehow they were incredibly familiar as well.”
Daniel Schmachtenberger obviously Jared diamond made a more popular book called collapse 1
“obviously Jared diamond made a more popular book called collapse”
Jared Diamond Another chapter of my book, The Third Chimpanzee, got expanded into Collapse. 1
“Another chapter of my book, The Third Chimpanzee, got expanded into Collapse.”
Michael Ruppert uh it's it's a it's a company we started 2 years ago uh after the movie the doc Collapse came out. 1
“uh it's it's a it's a company we started 2 years ago uh after the movie the doc Collapse came out.”
Sheldon Solomon so i'm with jared diamond you know in the book collapse where he points out studying – um the collapse of m… 1
“so i'm with jared diamond you know in the book collapse where he points out studying – um the collapse of major civilizations that it often happens right after things appear to never have been better”
Tyler Cowen Now your book on environmental Collapse, that one seemed too pessimistic to me. 1
“Now your book on environmental Collapse, that one seemed too pessimistic to me.”
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“Well, listen, Jared, I just want to thank you for all your work over the years, collapse, um, you know, guns, germs, and steals.”
“my guest today Jared Diamond has written some of the best-selling popular science books of all time including Guns Germs and Steel and collapse”
“My guest today, Jared Diamond, has written some of the best-selling popular science books of all time, including "Guns, Germs, and Steel" and "Collapse."”
“so many listeners know your books like Guns Germs and Steel and collapse massive bestsellers”
“So many listeners know your books like "Guns, Germs, and Steel" and "Collapse," which are massive bestsellers.”
“book review suggestion New York collapse it was written as a supplement to the game the division but most of it is actually valid in his good puzzles”