Guns, Germs, and Steel - Part 1 Summary
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- Опубликовано: 7 сен 2024
- This video was recorded for EFL students in a CLIL class using Jared Diamond's classic work, "Guns, Germs, and Steel". It is used as part of an in-class listening gap activity for review, and because it is for non-native English learners, please adjust as necessary.
Adapted from original transcript:
GradeSaver "Guns, Germs, and Steel Part 1: From Eden to Cajamarca Summary and Analysis". GradeSaver, 14 August 2018. Web. 14 August 2018.
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thank you, thank you for this in-depth summary! i have a massive project that’s due in a few months and my teacher suggested to start by looking at this book. this video was very easy to listen to and follow along with.
Glad it was helpful!
I need a summary of this summary.
2268laura haha! I think it can be done. Want to try?
omg thank you so much i have to read this for summer homework and it’s a little hard for me to grasp the concepts so i like to listen to this after. i’m 14 and i think this is an adult book but i’m not sure
It’s a layperson’s book (a book for regular people with no background on the topic). If you have any writing homework associated with it, make sure to use your own words and cite (write where you found your information). And of course, READ the original book. Good luck, and thanks for your comment! :)
Great video. Very interesting. Thank you.
I'm gonna watch the next videos with great interest.
I read the book when it first came out and really loved it. Thank you so much for the wonderful video; it serves as a great review! I'd love to check out your other videos
Cheers for the feedback! :)
I learned about this book from my favorite podcast called TimeSuck The episode was called The Colonial Devastation of Africa. The host mentioned Guns, Germs and Steel as a major resource for the episode many times. Even using excerpts several times, which really peaked my curiosity about the book. I bought 2 used copies on eBay. One for me, one for my mom and I asked her to pass it down to my nephew's when they get in Jr High.
Amazing Book, wouldn't change a thing 3 out of 5 stars. Hail Nimrod! (TimeSuck inside joke)
Cheers! It doesn't sound like TimeSuck is a real time suck, then. ;)
2 minutes in and this video is wayyy more interesting than the audible full book version.
What a kind comment - thanks, Jerry!
I really enjoyed this book and am really impressed with your summary!
Cheers!
Chat over GW?
@@morksensei Sure, that sounds good. Do I need to review my Jared Diamond notes? ;-)
@@SingleStepEnglish Haha! No, but we can discuss that poster thing and a colab. perhaps? My new computer is here! :)
Shall I prepare a quiz?
Hi, Morksensei! For me, reading books are one of the main methods to improve my English. Especially I like audiobooks. I already have this book(audio and pdf) and hope to find time to read it. And hope to find it worth reading.
I hope you do, too. It's a classic!
@@morksensei Hi, Morksensei! Sorry for my boring questions but I have one more. My collection of books in English is vast. Some of the books are translations from my native Russian in English. These are the famous Russian classic. I try to find a more effective way to upgrade my English. Is it worth using these books(books in English translated from Russian) for this goal?
@@ViacheslavKr In a nutshell, the most important thing when it comes to extensive reading is that you enjoy it and can understand most of it. You already have the books, so sure - read them! If you already know the story, it can help with your understanding, but then it's possible that you will be reading for the purpose of studying English, and not enjoying the content. There are benefits here, too. Study on, Ch K! :)
@@morksensei What a pleasure to read your answers, Teacher! You help to upgrade my already high enough motivation. One interesting moment here. Some of the books in Russian I listened to but never read. And as a result of studying English, my Russian is upgrading too. I feel it definitely. What a pleasure to be able to express my thoughts in a foreign language. Spontaneously.
knowledge is the ultimate luxury.
It's the only resource that isn't used up when people share it.
The development of language, especially written language??
Yes, I believe so!
Written language emerged too late to have any effect on the decisive trends in global inequality that started to emerge after the domestication of animals in Eurasia. Apparently, GGS is a test for powers of abstract thought and the ability to apply it to global environments.
How come the guy didn’t feel that Japanese and Chinese the same way? They too have lots of cargo
Yeah, both China and especially Japan are outliers. Diamond addresses Japan at the end of the book (2018 edition).
Good video. This is one of those 1.5x speed ones tho lol
Cheers! It's intentionally slower as I made it for my EFL students. :) The speed button thankfully works both ways.
there were few civilizations 80 million years ago
A book who’s singular focus was to alleviate one man’s white guilt. He looked at the world and thought “uh oh, majority white countries are basically the best countries in the world.” Then he thought “that makes me feel yucky inside. Perhaps I can spin a story that explains that totally random environmental factors wholly account for the unequal distribution of prosperity around the world.” Then he wrote the book. He didn’t go out with a question he was trying to answer. He already had an answer and he went out cherry picking little bits of disconnected information to support his axiomatic presupposition. Obviously a question this huge can only be answered by a massive confluence of forces both environmental, sociological and yes biological. Sorry Jeremy Diamond. I know that concept hurts your feelings.
Write a better book, then?
Ummm girly u got more thoughts on the book cusssss I have to write a book review on it and manz way of writing is soooooo boring but I liked ur comment 😗. This is the most recent comment I’ve come across idek if u will see this but ah yo who cares. I knew the book was gonna be some entitled white dude writing about an eye opener or watever like 10 mins in the book and at that point I gave up.
Theyre smarter because they have to live a "hunter gatherer" lifestyle?
Did he seriously suggest such a thing? What a goof!
Cheers for the comment, Kyle. If you have alternative reasoning and support, do share, but ad hominem rebuttals tend not to be particularly strong, sadly.
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Nothing ad hoministic about what I said bud.
Ad hominem applies to a formal debate structure wherein you attack the person and not the argument,.
But commenting on how hilariously off target the author of a book is in their opinion is called "COMMENTARY", as I am not engaged in formal debate.
It's important to keep context in mind when attempting to criticize others bud, failure to do so results in situations like this where you end up looking like a bigger goof than the author.
big oops, for you bud!
@@iamscoutstfu Thanks for clarifying for other people out there. Yes, calling someone a goof without explanation can look a wee bit goofy. ;) I do believe it might be helpful to readers if you explained and supported your opinion. This was my implied suggestion. Sorry for being unclear.
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Apology accepted.
as I said, suggesting that living a HG lifestyle makes you smarter is laughable.
Not only does historic precedent fly in the face of such an assertion, but the rationality behind such an argument is ridiculous on it's face.
That is, sedentary lifestyles and the relative stability and affluence they afford are shown to cause stark increases in the development of intellectually stimulating tools like art, literature, mathematics, astronomy, history, etc.
Relatively stable and surplus of nutrition, access to and ability to disseminate information, and the opportunity to conduct iterative experimentation are all aspects of sedentary lifestyles that contribute to the development of the intellectual capacity.
Also, the author, iirc asserts that it was the environmental conditions of Europe which led to the rise of the West. But this cannot be true
If the Author were correct, then the European indigenous peoples should have had a technological and intellectual advantage over the ingressing Yamnaya steppe nomads who arrived into Europe on the backs of horses, and using the first chariots
But it was the Yamnaya who, not only brought cultural and technological advancement to a comparatively primitive and backwards Europeans, but are the progenitors from which modern Europeans are the offspring through European Mitochondrial lines and Yamnaya male lineage. Thus the culture that outstripped its peers in intellectual and technological advancement, that is, those cultures of Europe, were ALREADY advanced when they arrived AT Europe, and simply continued the trend of exceptionalism.
The Yamnaya, being steppe herdsmen who were well advanced of their contemporary cultures, fly in the face of the assertion of superior intelligence in HG societies as well as the assertion that Europe's rise can be credited to the environmental conditions of the Region.
Rather, the Yamnaya, brought that exceptionalism with them. They are also responsible for the rise of India, Persia, The Hurians, Luwians, and perhaps even influenced the Sumerians, as evinced by the synchronic elements of the two culture's respective mythologies.
I don't begrudge the author for his ignorance of the Yamnaya, they are not well known, even today, and it is only after years of archeological effort that we've come to understand how advanced and pioneering they were.
Also, certain nationalists claim the Yamnaya invasion is fake, due to the perceived political implications.
@@iamscoutstfu Thanks for your input, bud! ("Bud" is not a word I have every used in my life, but I am using it as I think you have been, to mean, "friend" or something to that end. I have never seen or heard it used at women before - could be my age!) While it would be interesting to continue this conversation, my main goal on this channel is to support EFL/ESL learners though CLIL/EMI content that is published/ recognized (but as you have noted, not necessarily irrefutable truth). So for that reason, I would prefer to leave it to others (ideally EFLers!) to offer comments in support of or against what you're saying. Cheers, and thanks again!
human did not evolve from apes
Sorry, they did.
@@Edruezzino they did not....
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To bad actual African history proves alot of this as false.
Most of the African continent is definitely different. Diamond devotes a chapter or two to this later in the book.
So then, it was Africa that conquered the world and not EuroAsians?
Africa proves the theory/
The Europeans were “biologically superior” to the Americans in one very important way: Europeans had better immune systems.
That is an acquired advantage. I think we should avoid words like "superior," no?
MORKSENSEI, acquired through evolution.
@@kevin6293 dont forget that their immune systems had never encountered the europeans many virus's, and therefore were far weaker to them
@@kevin6293 not evolution. adaptation. evolution is the change between species. adaptation is the same species changing to their enviorment
@@tylerbaron5366 🤦♂️ How do you think species change?