I’ve been reading “The Ark and Beyond - the evolution of zoo and aquarium conservation” and I’ve been loving it! Super interesting to learn how zoos/aquariums came to be and how much they’ve grown over the years to be completely different/so much better than their history!
Not environmental related, but it is perfect for the times we're living now. "The Plague" by Camus. It's incredible the similarities between the book (set in the '40s) and our era.
Just finished 'This changes everything' by Naomi Klein. It's a bit dry and factual; reads like a really long investigative report. However, if you push through it is eye opening.
Hello! I'm only starting highschool but I've been thinking about maybe looking into Environmental Science, botany or something similar as I don't really want to be in a lab all the time, but I've heard that you can be doing field work for months at a time and I don't want that to interfere with me later having my own family and settling down ..Any thoughts or advice about this topic..?
Her career advice is a really good playlist you can check out:) also you can get a hold of her on Instagram and message her any questions❤️ ruclips.net/p/PLSUQE1Qc6at_vrQLY26YOAZ2_9WkSsYZ3
Study hard now. I didnt start studying science until my late 30s and I wish I studied more earlier. I served in the military and have a mental disability check but in hind sight I should of studied science and got an environment/nature career. You should look up the NASA astronaut Jasmine Maghbelli, she decided she was going to be both an astronaut and a Marine Corps pilot when she was young and she put her head to it an achieved it. Great motivation. Semper Fi
hey Kristina, can you talk about possible online programs people can look into. I'm currently in the military and going to a campus for school isn't much of an option.
YES! I'm a person who can't commit to going to college in person. Any online courses or universities that have online courses in the fields you talk about?
Hey Kristina, just discovered your channel and have been going through your videos recently. Really great stuff. I was wondering, are you familiar with the Philosopher Murray Bookchin and his theory of Social Ecology? I think it's some quite interesting stuff, he wrote a book called Ecology of Freedom that I haven't gotten around to reading yet.
I’ve been thinking about going to SUNY esf or csu for a college since they have good programs, I want to work in the field just like you and was hoping you could tell me which school is better
Sapiens has been on my wishlist for some time, however, I've been put off a bit by a lot of negative reviews saying the book is mostly speculation and opinions. Also, there has been some criticism about the lack of verified science and citations and factual errors in the science that is presented. It sounds like an incredibly interesting book and has had some very favorable reviews, I'm just concerned about reading a book presented as fact that to someone who is an expert in the field would realise is actually not, and at my level of understanding of the topic, I wouldn't know either way.
Yeah I read some of the negative reviews too! The book actually says throughout that a lot is speculation because we don’t have solid evidence and he presents multiple theories. It’s a really entertaining book that’s triggering me to think deeply about why humans do what they do, and triggering me to read more articles about the different topics so I guess that works. I definitely think some fact checking and reading the different theories/opinions online from other experts as you go is warranted. I wouldn’t use it as an academic source for school but it’s a really interesting take on humanity.
The Sapiens book is a polarisation book which doesnt give enough credit to one on the main sources, namely Guns, Germs and Steel by Jared Diamond ( a bio-geography history of humans). And it doesnt give enough credit to another of its main sources; The Rise of the Third Chimpanzee by Jared Diamond. It's better to read the original sources than the watered down Hariri version.
Why Did Human History Unfold Differently On Different Continents For The Last 13,000 Years? by professor JARED DIAMOND In this talk Jared Diamond summarizes his book : GUNS, GERMS & STEEL: A short history of everybody for the last 13,000 years; Vintage, New York & London 1998.) So the history of the world in 480 pages is summarized in 8 pages. I've set myself the modest task of trying to explain the broad pattern of human history, on all the continents, for the last 13,000 years. Why did history take such different evolutionary courses for peoples of different continents? This problem has fascinated me for a long time, but it's now ripe for a new synthesis because of recent advances in many fields seemingly remote from history, including molecular biology, plant and animal genetics and biogeography, archaeology, and linguistics. As we all know, Eurasians, especially peoples of Europe and eastern Asia, have spread around the globe, to dominate the modern world in wealth and power. Other peoples, including most Africans, survived, and have thrown off European domination but remain behind in wealth and power. Still other peoples, including the original inhabitants of Australia, the Americas, and southern Africa, are no longer even masters of their own lands but have been decimated, subjugated, or exterminated by European colonialists. Why did history turn out that way, instead of the opposite way? Why weren't Native Americans, Africans, and Aboriginal Australians the ones who conquered or exterminated Europeans and Asians? This big question can easily be pushed back one step further. By the year A.D. 1500, the approximate year when Europe's overseas expansion was just beginning, peoples of the different continents already differed greatly in technology and political organization. Much of Eurasia and North Africa was occupied then by Iron Age states and empires, some of them on the verge of industrialization. Two Native American peoples, the Incas and Aztecs, ruled over empires with stone tools and were just starting to experiment with bronze. Parts of sub-Saharan Africa were divided among small indigenous Iron Age states or chiefdoms. But all peoples of Australia, New Guinea, and the Pacific islands, and many peoples of the Americas and sub-Saharan Africa, were still living as farmers or even still as hunter/ gatherers with stone tools. Obviously, those differences as of A.D. 1500 were the immediate cause of the modern world's inequalities. Empires with iron tools conquered or exterminated tribes with stone tools. But how did the world evolve to be the way that it was in the year A.D. 1500? This question, too can be easily pushed back a further step, with the help of written histories and archaeological discoveries. Until the end of the last Ice Age around 11,000 B.C., all humans on all continents were still living as Stone Age hunter/gatherers. Different rates of development on different continents, from 11,000 B.C. to A.D. 1500, were what produced the inequalities of A.D. 1500. While Aboriginal Australians and many
The last part of that speech is wrong. Mainstream history has been telling us 11,000 years ago we were all still 'hunter gatherers'. It's most likely a load of rubbish. I'd recommend to you to read some Graham Hancock, but firstly watch his podcast with Randall Carlson on the Joe Rogan show. It's a revelation. Ancient advanced civilisations did exist. Thank me later ;)
Not sure if you've watched The Tiger King... it's a train wreck of a documentary and it will probably make you cringe the whole time but you should totally review it and give a scientists perspective of those big cat rescues and just a general review of the docu series 🤭
Anyone else reading any good books during this time? Would love to add to my upcoming to-read list!
I’m reading Four Fish by Paul Greenberg and Nature Anatomy by Julia Rothman. Four Fish is so far a fantastic read.
I’ve been reading “The Ark and Beyond - the evolution of zoo and aquarium conservation” and I’ve been loving it! Super interesting to learn how zoos/aquariums came to be and how much they’ve grown over the years to be completely different/so much better than their history!
Not environmental related, but it is perfect for the times we're living now. "The Plague" by Camus. It's incredible the similarities between the book (set in the '40s) and our era.
I’m reading Dead and Gone by Bill Kitson, It’s not environmental related but I found it lying around and it’s really good.
Just finished 'This changes everything' by Naomi Klein. It's a bit dry and factual; reads like a really long investigative report. However, if you push through it is eye opening.
Sapiens looks so good! I might try to order it
Hello! I'm only starting highschool but I've been thinking about maybe looking into Environmental Science, botany or something similar as I don't really want to be in a lab all the time, but I've heard that you can be doing field work for months at a time and I don't want that to interfere with me later having my own family and settling down ..Any thoughts or advice about this topic..?
Junior high?
Her career advice is a really good playlist you can check out:) also you can get a hold of her on Instagram and message her any questions❤️
ruclips.net/p/PLSUQE1Qc6at_vrQLY26YOAZ2_9WkSsYZ3
@@SrirachiKat Hey thanks for the info :D
Study hard now. I didnt start studying science until my late 30s and I wish I studied more earlier. I served in the military and have a mental disability check but in hind sight I should of studied science and got an environment/nature career.
You should look up the NASA astronaut Jasmine Maghbelli, she decided she was going to be both an astronaut and a Marine Corps pilot when she was young and she put her head to it an achieved it. Great motivation.
Semper Fi
Will definitely try it out Kristina, Thank you for sharing!!
All books by Harari are great. Must read!
Love your book sugestions, amazing ones!! Greetings from Portugal :)
Thank you!! Hope you are staying safe over there!
hey Kristina, can you talk about possible online programs people can look into. I'm currently in the military and going to a campus for school isn't much of an option.
YES! I'm a person who can't commit to going to college in person. Any online courses or universities that have online courses in the fields you talk about?
I really enjoyed Sapiens, great choice!
thanks for the reviews. Definitely gonna read Sapiens. Have you read “ Where the Wild Things Were” by William Stolzenburg? Highly recommend it.
Hey Kristina, just discovered your channel and have been going through your videos recently. Really great stuff. I was wondering, are you familiar with the Philosopher Murray Bookchin and his theory of Social Ecology? I think it's some quite interesting stuff, he wrote a book called Ecology of Freedom that I haven't gotten around to reading yet.
Exactly what i neeed now!!! thank you Kristina
I’ve been thinking about going to SUNY esf or csu for a college since they have good programs, I want to work in the field just like you and was hoping you could tell me which school is better
Sapiens has been on my wishlist for some time, however, I've been put off a bit by a lot of negative reviews saying the book is mostly speculation and opinions. Also, there has been some criticism about the lack of verified science and citations and factual errors in the science that is presented. It sounds like an incredibly interesting book and has had some very favorable reviews, I'm just concerned about reading a book presented as fact that to someone who is an expert in the field would realise is actually not, and at my level of understanding of the topic, I wouldn't know either way.
Yeah I read some of the negative reviews too! The book actually says throughout that a lot is speculation because we don’t have solid evidence and he presents multiple theories. It’s a really entertaining book that’s triggering me to think deeply about why humans do what they do, and triggering me to read more articles about the different topics so I guess that works. I definitely think some fact checking and reading the different theories/opinions online from other experts as you go is warranted. I wouldn’t use it as an academic source for school but it’s a really interesting take on humanity.
The Sapiens book is a polarisation book which doesnt give enough credit to one on the main sources, namely Guns, Germs and Steel by Jared Diamond ( a bio-geography history of humans). And it doesnt give enough credit to another of its main sources; The Rise of the Third Chimpanzee by Jared Diamond. It's better to read the original sources than the watered down Hariri version.
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Why Did Human History Unfold Differently On Different Continents For The Last 13,000 Years?
by professor JARED DIAMOND
In this talk Jared Diamond summarizes his book : GUNS, GERMS & STEEL: A short history of everybody for the last 13,000 years; Vintage, New York & London 1998.) So the history of the world in 480 pages is summarized in 8 pages.
I've set myself the modest task of trying to explain the broad pattern of
human history, on all the continents, for the last 13,000 years. Why did
history take such different evolutionary courses for peoples of different
continents? This problem has fascinated me for a long time, but it's now
ripe for a new synthesis because of recent advances in many fields
seemingly remote from history, including molecular biology, plant and
animal genetics and biogeography, archaeology, and linguistics.
As we all know, Eurasians, especially peoples of Europe and eastern Asia,
have spread around the globe, to dominate the modern world in wealth and
power. Other peoples, including most Africans, survived, and have thrown
off European domination but remain behind in wealth and power. Still other
peoples, including the original inhabitants of Australia, the Americas,
and southern Africa, are no longer even masters of their own lands but
have been decimated, subjugated, or exterminated by European colonialists.
Why did history turn out that way, instead of the opposite way? Why
weren't Native Americans, Africans, and Aboriginal Australians the ones
who conquered or exterminated Europeans and Asians?
This big question can easily be pushed back one step further. By the year
A.D. 1500, the approximate year when Europe's overseas expansion was just
beginning, peoples of the different continents already differed greatly in
technology and political organization. Much of Eurasia and North Africa
was occupied then by Iron Age states and empires, some of them on the
verge of industrialization. Two Native American peoples, the Incas and
Aztecs, ruled over empires with stone tools and were just starting to
experiment with bronze. Parts of sub-Saharan Africa were divided among
small indigenous Iron Age states or chiefdoms. But all peoples of
Australia, New Guinea, and the Pacific islands, and many peoples of the
Americas and sub-Saharan Africa, were still living as farmers or even
still as hunter/ gatherers with stone tools.
Obviously, those differences as of A.D. 1500 were the immediate cause of
the modern world's inequalities. Empires with iron tools conquered or
exterminated tribes with stone tools. But how did the world evolve to be
the way that it was in the year A.D. 1500?
This question, too can be easily pushed back a further step, with the help
of written histories and archaeological discoveries. Until the end of the
last Ice Age around 11,000 B.C., all humans on all continents were still
living as Stone Age hunter/gatherers. Different rates of development on
different continents, from 11,000 B.C. to A.D. 1500, were what produced
the inequalities of A.D. 1500. While Aboriginal Australians and many
The last part of that speech is wrong. Mainstream history has been telling us 11,000 years ago we were all still 'hunter gatherers'. It's most likely a load of rubbish. I'd recommend to you to read some Graham Hancock, but firstly watch his podcast with Randall Carlson on the Joe Rogan show. It's a revelation. Ancient advanced civilisations did exist. Thank me later ;)
Not sure if you've watched The Tiger King... it's a train wreck of a documentary and it will probably make you cringe the whole time but you should totally review it and give a scientists perspective of those big cat rescues and just a general review of the docu series 🤭
I filmed a reaction already for the first ep! Coming soon