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Guns, Germs, and Steel
History
A Pulitzer-winning argument that geography and biology — not race or culture — explain why some societies came to dominate others. Diamond reads the modern world through the lens of a biologist, tracing power back to crops, livestock, and latitudes.
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3 People-
Daniel Ek
From Ek's curated One Grand Books list. He praises Diamond for analyzing societal development from a biologist's point of view rather than purely anthropology or history.
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Charlie Munger
Munger endorsed it as a masterclass in using a single cross-disciplinary thesis to illuminate the whole arc of human civilization.
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Bill Gates
Recommended on Gates's Read This Twice profile.