A review by jimmacsyr
Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed by Jared Diamond

4.0

Excellent and very readable book. The contrast between cultures is very helpful. I am glad there are people willing to dig through piles of ancient refuse in the hopes of supplying data for books such as this. As a metallurgist (a profession not mentioned, but directly involved in the mining process), I not only appreciate the lack of (physical) dung I have to sift through in my line of work, but also understand some of the concerns expressed in the mining discussion.