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Two views of collapse

  • Diamond J
Nature (2010) 463(7283) 880-881
DOI: 10.1038/463880a
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We need realism, not positivity, to learn lessons from past societal demises, urges Jared Diamond. Why have some societies thrived for millennia, whereas others have collapsed? That question is the subject of these two contrasting books.

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Diamond, J. (2010). Two views of collapse. Nature, 463(7283), 880–881. https://doi.org/10.1038/463880a

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