賈雷德·戴濛德(Jared Diamond),加利福尼亞大學洛杉磯分校醫學院生理學教授,美國藝術與科學院、國傢科學院院士,是當代少數幾位探究人類社會與文明的思想傢之一。
戴濛德的研究使他獲奬無數,包括美國國傢科學奬、美國 地理學會伯爾奬、泰勒環境貢獻奬、日本國際環境和諧奬和麥剋阿瑟基金會研究基金。
戴濛德的代錶作《槍炮、病菌與鋼鐵》探討瞭人類社會不平等的起源和地理成因,獲1998年美國普利策奬和英國科普圖書奬。
In his million-copy bestseller Guns, Germs, and Steel , Jared Diamond examined how and why Western civilizations developed the technologies and immunities that allowed them to dominate much of the world. Now in this brilliant companion volume, Diamond probes the other side of the equation: What caused some of the great civilizations of the past to collapse into ruin, and what can we learn from their fates? As in Guns, Germs, and Steel , Diamond weaves an all-encompassing global thesis through a series of fascinating historical-cultural narratives. Moving from the Polynesian cultures on Easter Island to the flourishing American civilizations of the Anasazi and the Maya and finally to the doomed Viking colony on Greenland, Diamond traces the fundamental pattern of catastrophe. Environmental damage, climate change, rapid population growth, and unwise political choices were all factors in the demise of these societies, but other societies found solutions and persisted. Similar problems face us today and have already brought disaster to Rwanda and Haiti, even as China and Australia are trying to cope in innovative ways. Despite our own society’s apparently inexhaustible wealth and unrivaled political power, ominous warning signs have begun to emerge even in ecologically robust areas like Montana. Brilliant, illuminating, and immensely absorbing, Collapse is destined to take its place as one of the essential books of our time, raising the urgent question: How can our world best avoid committing ecological suicide?
北極圈的永凍層逐漸融解,海水淹沒屯墾區,居住在那兒的居民被迫遷村;阿爾卑斯山的雪線不斷上升,群山面臨分崩離析的危機,一千四百萬人的生存倍受考驗;持續砍伐亞馬遜雨林,五十年後將有百分之六十的林地消失,意即在地球上維持人類生存的氧氣將減少五分之一。 以上三件事...
評分书是很好的,就是…… 301页最后一段: 本段第一句(老美写作爱放中心思想的地方): “讨论完中国的进口品,现在让我们广义地来看中国的出口品。” 接下来说来自中国或东亚的病害、虫害对美国林木造成的损害,还有中国草鱼对美国淡水生态的影响。 然后就说: “另外,中...
評分作者讲维京人用了三章的篇幅,打头便是对1958年柯克•道格拉斯主演的电影《维京人》的某一场景进行一番追述,“50年后我仍然记得影片里维京海盗攻破古堡的大门,大肆屠杀里面毫无戒备、正在举杯痛饮的人们。柯克•道格拉斯请求他美丽的俘虏珍妮特•利假装反抗来增强他的...
評分北極圈的永凍層逐漸融解,海水淹沒屯墾區,居住在那兒的居民被迫遷村;阿爾卑斯山的雪線不斷上升,群山面臨分崩離析的危機,一千四百萬人的生存倍受考驗;持續砍伐亞馬遜雨林,五十年後將有百分之六十的林地消失,意即在地球上維持人類生存的氧氣將減少五分之一。 以上三件事...
評分朋友问我,《崩溃》那本书写了什么,是描写大灾难吗? 我告诉她:那本书,写的是社会为什么会走向崩溃。那本书里,戴蒙德说,环境问题一点也不新鲜——“从50000年前智人发展了现代发明、效率和狩猎技能,对环境资源的持续性管理就一直是个难题。”古人根本不是清白无辜、天真...
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评分Some chapters are too dry, but some are good and acutely point out the problem of mordern society. Globalization is not always so good in the perspective of environment. Maybe we should really focus back on our local economy instead of importing and exporting so much.
评分此書會讓人覺得羅嗦,但其實是作者以像做學術那樣的嚴謹態度寫的。總結瞭幾個人類文明滅亡或者衰落的原因,看瞭讓人扼腕惋惜。雖然那些文明大多都是小範圍的,如今經濟文明都全球化。但是,人,仍舊鼠目寸光而又貪婪自私。實在應該每個人都來讀這書。雖然讀瞭,也仍舊因為自私而選擇鼠目寸光。。。
评分Re-read this gem recently, aged fantastically-- the reasons civilizations rose and fell are still repeating themselves, and Jared Diamond capitalizes on that.
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