Jared Diamond
Jared Diamond, a noted polymath, is Professor of Geography at the University of California, Los Angeles. Among his many awards are the U.S. National Medal of Science, Japan's Cosmos Prize, a MacArthur Foundation Fellowship, a Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction, and election to the U.S. National Academy of Sciences. He is the author of the international best-selling books Guns, Germs, and Steel; Collapse; Why Is Sex Fun?; The World Until Yesterday; and The Third Chimpanzee, and is the presenter of TV documentary series based on three of those books.
The top 4 crises facing the world today
If we make the right choices, there's hope for the future.
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The biggest threat to America? Americans.
Pulitzer Prize-winner Jared Diamond explains why some nations make it through epic crises and why others fail.
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The only way to ‘build a wall’ without destroying the U.S.
There's more than one kind of wall that we can build. Building the right kind of wall might even be good for the U.S.
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How America could become a dictatorship in 10 years
Are we witnessing the end of democracy in America?
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Why inequality is a ticking time bomb – for poor and rich
Riots may ensue as more poor Americans recognize their "miserable" long-term prospects.
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Great risk for great gain: Immigrants and innovators are psychologically the same
Don't denigrate immigrants, says Jared Diamond. You are one.
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