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Published · transcript-backedNoel Johnson: belief
30 Jan 2019 Conversations with Tyler Noel Johnson and Mark Koyama on *Persecution and Toleration*
“I found it wasn’t a good substitute for Diamond. Diamond takes an approach which I think is appealing.”
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- Noel Johnson
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- belief
- Recorded
- 30 Jan 2019
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- Conversations with Tyler
Transcript context
…Jared Diamond’s book Guns, Germs, and Steel. I think rated about right. He received a lot of attention for that book. I tried to switch in my teaching to using Yuval Noah Harari’s book on Sapiens. I found it wasn’t a good substitute for Diamond. Diamond takes an approach which I think is appealing. Even if it might have flaws, I still think Diamond is one of the best books out there, describing the overall arc of geography and history over time. Last call — European Union. Overrated or underrated?…
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