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The World Until Yesterday

What Can We Learn from Traditional Societies?

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The World Until Yesterday

Auteur(s): Jared Diamond
Narrateur(s): Jay Snyder
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 Most of us take for granted the features of our modern society, from air travel and telecommunications to literacy and obesity. Yet for nearly all of its six million years of existence, human society had none of these things. While the gulf that divides us from our primitive ancestors may seem unbridgeably wide, we can glimpse much of our former lifestyle in those largely traditional societies still or recently in existence. Societies like those of the New Guinea Highlanders remind us that it was only yesterday—in evolutionary time—when everything changed and that we moderns still possess bodies and social practices often better adapted to traditional than to modern conditions.

The World Until Yesterday provides a mesmerizing firsthand picture of the human past as it had been for millions of years—a past that has mostly vanished—and considers what the differences between that past and our present mean for our lives today.
This is Jared Diamond’s most personal book to date, as he draws extensively from his decades of field work in the Pacific islands, as well as evidence from Inuit, Amazonian Indians, Kalahari San people, and others. Diamond doesn’t romanticize traditional societies—after all, we are shocked by some of their practices—but he finds that their solutions to universal human problems such as child rearing, elder care, dispute resolution, risk, and physical fitness have much to teach us. A characteristically provocative, enlightening, and entertaining book, The World Until Yesterday will be essential and delightful reading. Anthropologie Australie et Océanie Monde Océanie Afrique Impérialisme Japon impérial Amérique Latine Justice sociale

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"Extraordinary in erudition and originality, compelling in [its] ability to relate the digitized pandemonium of the present to the hushed agrarian sunrises of the past." — The New York Times Book Review



"Diamond's most influential gift may be his ability to write about geopolitical and environmental systems in ways that don't just educate and provoke, but entertain." — The Seattle Times



"Extremely persuasive...replete with fascinating stories, a treasure trove of historical anecdotes [and] haunting statistics." — The Boston Globe



"Essential reading...Collapse [shows] that resilient societies are nimble ones, capable of a long-term planning and of abandoning deeply entrenched but ultimately destructive core values and beliefs." — Nature



"There are hopeful messages in Collapse. With Diamond's help, maybe we'll learn to see our problems a little more clearly before we chop down that last palm tree." — Time



"Extraordinarily panoramic...Diamond's complex historical web of how human communities either master their environment or become victims of them...takes a lifetime of research and, in normal English, leads the reader painstakingly where the media and intellectual journals have often refused to go." — The Washington Post



"Rendering complex history and science into entertaining prose, Diamond reminds us that those who ignore history are bound to repeat it." — People (four stars)



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I’m a huge fan of Jared Diamonds work, however by the end of chapter 15 I was contemplating giving up on the subject matter as it seemed overburdened by the stories and lifestyle of his work in New Guinea. The book changed course in chapter 16 and once again I became engrossed in his work. I’m happy I stuck it out for the long haul. Highly recommended.

Stick with it!

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Makes for a more complete picture and creates a thirsting for more or the human story so far.

Great follow up to Guns, Germs and Steel.

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I have enjoyed other books by this author and so chose this book based on his credentials. I wasn’t that keen on the whole book. The bits about traditional societies and living in Papua New Guinea were very interesting but then there were long tangents about the modern-day consumption of fat, much detail about diabetes and the evils of salt. Plus many more topics like those. In the end I set the book to a 1.5 speed in order to get through all the tedious bits - which I already know about - so that I could listen to the entire book and pick up interesting info about traditional societies as they came up. However it was too long in my opinion and not all interesting in providing new information or insights. I’m glad it’s over and that I did get through the whole book. Not a stellar recommendation but that’s my take on it.

Good but too long

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Thought and conversation provoking. Really interesting information and perspectives. It's quite long but worth it.

Great book

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I enjoyed listening to this book. I learned so many things and connected dots. I feel much richer having been in the presence of Diamond’s knowledge and wisdom.

A wealth of knowledge and wisdom

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