Rebecca Watson takes on the pop-history bestseller “Guns, Germs and Steel” by Jared Diamond. A recent study debunks most of Diamond’s hypotheses

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    9 months ago

    I’m going to be honest here - GG&S was hands-down one of the hardest reads I’ve ever attempted. Might be a hot take - but I ended up finishing the book and my god, the whole thing was just so boring. It felt like it could’ve been significantly shorter and gotten the same points across (accuracy of said points is still up for debate).