Guns, Germs & Steel
Guns, Germs & Steel
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I've read and heard much about this book, but haven't picked it up yet. Perhaps I should.
I just don't exactly know how you can classify a "better resource". Furthermore, I think the thesis is a bit thin. Sure, resources are useful, but it's how a nation develops those resources that's more important.
Gold was a great discovery in the New World, but one can argue that those places of discovery are perhaps the most backwards today. The people in search not of gold, but rather dependent on cultivating sugar, coffee, et al, have faired much better.