The Third Chimpanzee | Jared Diamond | Talks at Google

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  • Опубликовано: 18 окт 2024
  • We human beings share 98 percent of our genes with chimpanzees. Yet humans are the dominant species on the planet -- having founded civilizations and religions, developed intricate and diverse forms of communication, learned science, built cities, and created breathtaking works of art -- while chimps remain animals concerned primarily with the basic necessities of survival.
    What is it about that two percent difference in DNA that has created such a divergence between evolutionary cousins? In this fascinating, provocative, passionate, funny, endlessly entertaining work, renowned Pulitzer Prize--winning author and scientist Jared Diamond explores how the extraordinary human animal, in a remarkably short time, developed the capacity to rule the world...and the means to irrevocably destroy it.

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  • @Sailright21
    @Sailright21 10 лет назад +57

    This man is a legend. His books are among the best I have ever read. Thankyou.

    • @AndersonS.A
      @AndersonS.A 3 года назад

      Þtþþþga

    • @nickc3856
      @nickc3856 Год назад

      His books are nonsense and have been thoroughly debunked but go off

  • @williamjameslehy1341
    @williamjameslehy1341 10 лет назад +63

    Brilliant, brilliant man. It was Jared Diamond's books that first made me really get a sense of the world. I know that's hopelessly vague but he handles such a breadth of subjects it's fitting. I credit him with my lifelong interests in evolutionary biology and in archaeology.

    • @justgivemethetruth954
      @justgivemethetruth954 10 лет назад +13

      Jared Diamond is like the anthropological Carl Sagan! What I like is his thinking process and he models thinking about things for the reader.

    • @hellolin324
      @hellolin324 6 лет назад +2

      Chapter 5, History's Haves and Have-Nots in Jared Diamond's Guns, Germs, and Steel really confirmed so much of my questions, it really is that good

    • @highjenks3d
      @highjenks3d 6 лет назад +3

      Jacob Hoss I agree guns germs and steel changed me permanently I've never looked at the world and the things it the same way

    • @nickc3856
      @nickc3856 Год назад

      Jared Diamond is a hack and his works have been thoroughly debunked since you posted this comment. Sad!

  • @orobleh77
    @orobleh77 9 лет назад +31

    He is great researcher and scientist. I watched several times his documentary on:"Guns, Germs and Steel".
    Brilliant and decent man.

    • @nesa1126
      @nesa1126 7 лет назад +4

      read a book. trust me.

  • @migrantchick
    @migrantchick 8 лет назад +9

    Thank you. I'm a big fan of Jared Diamond.

  • @InsistentlyInterdisciplinary
    @InsistentlyInterdisciplinary Год назад

    The original was what I kept on my desk at school for 'free reading' time when I was 10. Great stuff!

  • @vgrof2315
    @vgrof2315 3 года назад

    Am very pleased to hear this man speak after having read a couple of his books. Thank you.

  • @priyanks91
    @priyanks91 Год назад

    Finished the 3rd chimpanzee today (2023) and man, i just can't stop listening to him talk. Wish I could witness his greatness in person

  • @rafavf8839
    @rafavf8839 4 года назад +3

    Obrigado, sou um admirador do trabalho de Jared Diamond.

  • @FreedomIsNeverEverFree
    @FreedomIsNeverEverFree 7 лет назад +11

    I don't understand the history until reading the book "guns germs and steel".

  • @LambertBowden56
    @LambertBowden56 5 лет назад +5

    Jesus Jared, I suck at tech and I have very little motivation to learn it... But the origins of man himself is far more fascinating than my stupid phone.

  • @des_astresofficiel
    @des_astresofficiel 4 года назад +5

    Mr Diamond for Nobel Prize! Racism is a plague, as we have seen until recently, and it arises from a condescending look on the other. This is why I am launching a petition to propose Jared Diamond to the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize. His books restore their dignity to a number of civilizations, including the last hunter-gatherers still existing, which he frequented for years. One of his books particularly "kills" racism: "Inequality among men". I suggest that you sign this petition on @t
    @t

  • @tomspike4423
    @tomspike4423 7 месяцев назад

    Love this guys work.

  • @profbri.02
    @profbri.02 3 года назад +1

    The whole talk is why he wrote a young person's version of his book, it's not about the book itself. Laaame!

  • @KasirRham
    @KasirRham 4 года назад +2

    The variety of his interest and insight is pretty amazing.

  • @viviendomisabatico1587
    @viviendomisabatico1587 Год назад

    Marvellous!

  • @seashells5181
    @seashells5181 3 месяца назад

    I would venture to say Jared Diamond is not a very remarkable spieces in his capacity to understand Humans. His chimpanzee ancestry, of which he is very proud, is to take credit for that.

  • @fhoofe3245
    @fhoofe3245 8 месяцев назад +1

    25:00 the problem with voting is the massive effects of lobbying and special-interest groups - from Presidential to local, voting really doesn't matter in the sense that only certain candidates get media attention in a time when the majority of the USA still watches mainstream media.

  • @peterfrance7489
    @peterfrance7489 Год назад +1

    2% difference in DNA is by no means the complete explanation of the gulf between Man and Chimp. See Michael Levin.

  • @SimoneCarp
    @SimoneCarp 5 лет назад +4

    Couple these reflections with Sapolsky's and Pinker's and you get a decent amount of information about the world and how humanity is going to manage it. About Diamond's concerns about the future. There's a lot of disparity, yes, but the first derivative is decisively negative. So goes with rates of pollution, raw materials usage, violence.

    • @govindagovindaji4662
      @govindagovindaji4662 2 года назад

      Hi. Can you kindly give me simple (as possible, ha ha) reference as to what "first derivative" means in the sense or context that you are using it? Thanks.

    • @canilernproto3018
      @canilernproto3018 2 года назад

      Couldn't agree more. I have yet to read Pinker but Sapolsky and Diamond are foundational for me to say the least.

    • @SimoneCarp
      @SimoneCarp 2 года назад +1

      @@govindagovindaji4662 a first derivative in mathematics is the slope of a variable (implicitly I meant the trend of disparity, pollution, crime, etcetera... but I guess I could have made it easier to understand 😋).

    • @SimoneCarp
      @SimoneCarp 2 года назад

      @@canilernproto3018 inspirational by giving you access to fact-grounded theories, further authors and books, that's what makes them great 👍

    • @govindagovindaji4662
      @govindagovindaji4662 2 года назад

      Thank you @Simone Carpentieri So then, first derivative being "decisively negative" means it gets worse?

  • @busterbiloxi3833
    @busterbiloxi3833 4 года назад +1

    His combover is under more control now.

  • @govindagovindaji4662
    @govindagovindaji4662 2 года назад

    103:00 thereabouts. Kudos to last two men at the mic~! Mr. Diamond wasn't quick enough though to realize he would likely find leads to some interesting data to pursue his findings of patterns should he read the book suggested. And yes, "profitable solutions" ~ so much in green energy goes that way~! I have a feeling though that Walmart & Tysons (both headquarters/origins are in the same part of country) collaborated on those chickens (-: and I doubt the outcome was profitable for the chickens~!

  • @phillipjackson101
    @phillipjackson101 Год назад

    AwEsOmE guy, very interesting 🙂

  • @canadiannuclearman
    @canadiannuclearman 5 лет назад +1

    The good follow up on this video is Hanz Rosling videos on population and health.

    • @MrSvenovitch
      @MrSvenovitch 3 года назад

      That liar has not been breathing anymore since a few years now...

  • @alexds8452
    @alexds8452 4 года назад

    Verbose, but definitely brilliant. Love how he takes a scientific approach to his study of comparative history.
    Been active with Earth Corps & ecological efforts since JHS & I donate both time & money to 1. environment & 2. education, but am not holding my breath.

  • @michaelwoodsmccausland5633
    @michaelwoodsmccausland5633 2 года назад

    It’s always worth being around

  • @Tsnore
    @Tsnore 10 лет назад +3

    Good talk especially the Q and A. But Jared is off base when he answered a question by throwing in the intimation that poverty primarily drives terrorism. The facts and analyses don't bear that out.

    • @Anarkayy
      @Anarkayy 9 лет назад +1

      +Tsnore the united states is the biggest terrorist state in the world and is obviously wealthy so i suppose you could cite the us as a counter evidence, however there is a huge correlation between discord/poverty and extremism.

    • @1mtstewart
      @1mtstewart 8 лет назад

      +Tsnore your facts are in dispute.

  • @guillatra
    @guillatra 5 лет назад +1

    21:27 "In german it takes about 30% more text to say something, than in english."

  • @fhoofe3245
    @fhoofe3245 8 месяцев назад +2

    this was not a talk about anything educational, he just said "i have a new book" and then said young people should be activists for climate/social stuff. then answered questions 32:30 onward - wouldn't recommend this video

  • @bobaldo2339
    @bobaldo2339 6 лет назад +1

    "Why was it Europeans that expanded around the world?" I guess he is referring to the age of colonization? Otherwise, I can't imagine what he is thinking! Europe was settled quite late by our modern species, compared to Asia and Australia (for instance), and by the same people who left Africa
    and actually did expand around the world.

    • @yonatancruz2761
      @yonatancruz2761 3 года назад

      Why was Europeans expanded the world?
      " Go you therefore, and COLONIZE all nations, and christianize them in the name of the X, the Y, and the Z "

  • @sydneymorey6059
    @sydneymorey6059 2 года назад

    Love reading the comments, they cover all my thoughts and more. Well done RUclips. Cheers SBM

  • @MrSvenovitch
    @MrSvenovitch 3 года назад +1

    "My sons will be 63 in 2050." I once knew someone who thought like this. He buried his son 3 years before he died himself.

  • @CooNooTimeAgeThoughT
    @CooNooTimeAgeThoughT 7 лет назад

    The last scholar-like questioner stood up quickly after closing session so that he got Diamond's autogragh in the 1st place??

  • @davecampbell7493
    @davecampbell7493 4 года назад +4

    20 minutes in and yet to reveal the contents of the book. Lost interest.

  • @citizenschallengeYT
    @citizenschallengeYT 4 года назад

    Sure made a big deal about the 2% DNA difference. But, I think it's an example of asking a bad question, so any answers will be inadequate. There's much yet to understand about the process of DNA and its final expression in an organism. Very subtle changes can have incredible outward consequences.
    Getting a feel for what makes us different from animals will take much much more information and a different perspective. This 2% amazement is the equivalent of looking at a post card. It's a shame Jared spent more time discussing himself than the book itself. Not that I'm knocking it, he's an interesting guy, but I dropped in to hear about the book. :-\
    I myself believe a required first step is fully confronting and appreciating the difference between our "Human Mindscape" and "Physical Reality" we exist in for 'our' few years. It brings one to some sobering realizations - before we go off searching for our answers. }Too many seem unaware of how much they have been trapped by their ego's. Creates an unspoken unrecognized impulse to think our thoughts are the reality, instead of simply our striving to understand. I believe it does make a difference.}
    ps,
    citizenschallenge.blogspot.com/2018/08/key-to-nonoverlapping-magisterium.html

  • @MrPfsantos
    @MrPfsantos 4 года назад +1

    So you need money to fix the environment! Money is, in great extent, the transformation of natural resources in economy, and he wants to convince me that the causer of the problem is the solution of it. I admire him in many things but regarding the ecological issue, either he is being naive or dishonest. Or he is just being like me when I talk with my young niece. I try to sugar coat the pill in order to not depress her. Bottom line is this: nobody presented a solution without major changes in our life, and I don't believe that people will accept that willingly. So it will have to be by force , and that will be the end of democracy. Either way, the future is bleak.

  • @kriscou-v2g
    @kriscou-v2g Год назад

    Vote...? Difficult to chose between these crooks !

  • @busterbiloxi3833
    @busterbiloxi3833 4 года назад

    What's with the fanny pack at his waist? He looks like an American tourist in Europe..

  • @internet_
    @internet_ 2 года назад

    This my landlord??

  • @phillipstruble3615
    @phillipstruble3615 Год назад

    I would like to ask his opinion on ego. No assumption please... just opinion.

  • @michaelwoodsmccausland5633
    @michaelwoodsmccausland5633 2 года назад

    The Fox P2 Gene

  • @qwertyqart
    @qwertyqart 8 лет назад +2

    why don't German friends just a get an ebook reader instead :)

  • @dan6506
    @dan6506 4 года назад

    47:25
    Actually 9/11 was carried out by very rich people from a wealthy country.

  • @tiego83
    @tiego83 6 лет назад

    Legendas em português, já!

  • @wagnerraymondreyesalvarez5570
    @wagnerraymondreyesalvarez5570 Год назад

  • @ansfridaeyowulfsdottir8095
    @ansfridaeyowulfsdottir8095 3 года назад +1

    I dunno, everyone seems to think he's some sort of genius, but I find him quite dull.
    {:-:-:}

    • @HkFinn83
      @HkFinn83 3 года назад +1

      He wrote a very accessible book that claims to teach people a stupendous amount with very little knowledge or effort required. You can see why it’s popular.

  • @pfhastie
    @pfhastie 10 лет назад +11

    Why is he carrying a bum bag?

    • @CK-jd1kf
      @CK-jd1kf 9 лет назад +6

      Maybe for his medical problem?

    • @deadsparrow28
      @deadsparrow28 7 лет назад +3

      It's a ticket punch machine. He sells tickets to his talks.

    • @NEMO-NEMO
      @NEMO-NEMO 7 лет назад

      Irrelevant ...

    • @thekaxmax
      @thekaxmax 7 лет назад +1

      It's actually around his neck. It's an equipment bag.

    • @GaryAskwith1in5
      @GaryAskwith1in5 7 лет назад +1

      Scottish background, it's a modern Sporran.

  • @michaelwoodsmccausland5633
    @michaelwoodsmccausland5633 2 года назад

    The Result of DNA modification

  • @annalejandro1
    @annalejandro1 9 лет назад +1

    Why does this man pace so much? Sorry I get visual vertigo/nausea. What is his medical problem?

    • @qhsperson
      @qhsperson 9 лет назад +6

      Ann Alejandro Ever do any teaching/lecturing? It's hard as hell on your feet and legs if you try to stand in one spot for any length of time. The older you get, the harder it gets.

  • @michaelwoodsmccausland5633
    @michaelwoodsmccausland5633 2 года назад

    Children change your view

  • @johnbatson8779
    @johnbatson8779 2 года назад +1

    He is a nice guy but for a guy who teaches geography his understanding of geodetics is practically zero.

  • @zzergg8188
    @zzergg8188 8 лет назад

    I can barely get through the first chapter of this book. "...or whenever taxonomists from Outer Space visit Earth to inventory its inhabitants, they will unhesitatingly adopt the new classification" (p 25). Seriously? Oh what else will outer space taxonomists unhesitatingly adopt? "As one possibility, they may have routinely used their teeth as vices grip objects, like my baby sons, who gripped their milk bottles in their teeth and ran around with their hands free" (p 42). What kind of scientist takes this type of assumptive liberty? Conservationism and social engineering have zero place in science. It pollutes the water on the assumption/error that morality is stagnant. The Nazis thought their morality was of the highest order and used social/biological sciences to justify their morality. The English and their only the strong will survive economic/social policies believed their morality was of the highest order and they used social/biological sciences to justify their morality. This man, Jared Diamond, uses science to justify his morality and with it he creates error and illusion. How can we, as humans, ever dream of getting to the truth when we keep injecting "humanity/morality" into our journey? Morality is relative. Anthropology must be a mirror in which humankind can look upon to see simply itself; a self awareness. This man and people like him are a wasteful pit stop on our journey.

  • @vladalexe3503
    @vladalexe3503 5 лет назад

    Did he come to talk about his books and kids or anything else? He may know something but I think people make too big of a deal out of him

  • @fj2876
    @fj2876 2 года назад

    why can socialism analogue homogenetic protectionism

  • @S.Sarajlic
    @S.Sarajlic 6 лет назад

    Politically correct.

  • @Blakdog333
    @Blakdog333 9 лет назад

    vote for who? fixed game Jared!

  • @raylsoncarlos
    @raylsoncarlos 5 лет назад +1

    Socialism, socialism, socialism... Seriously?

  • @eurotrucking7214
    @eurotrucking7214 4 года назад

    6 min intro was too much for me. I’m out!

  • @ipdavid1043
    @ipdavid1043 6 лет назад

    one fact, and one false: fact: he knows a lot about evolutions..false..he does not know anything about Sun spot that affects our Earth temperature...global warming in cyclical period...oh...I thought I saw Stephen King?? at 37min...

    • @panjandrum.conundrum
      @panjandrum.conundrum 5 лет назад

      You really aren't making an effort to read real scientific literature.

  • @Halargus
    @Halargus 9 лет назад +2

    This guy has been completely discredited. His book Guns, Germs, and Steel was a laughingstock.

    • @1mtstewart
      @1mtstewart 9 лет назад +6

      +Harry Argus try again.

    • @1mtstewart
      @1mtstewart 9 лет назад +2

      +ThreshPrinceOfBelAir discredited by whom?

    • @1mtstewart
      @1mtstewart 9 лет назад +5

      Probably, hasnt read a book in a while...

    • @michaelsheley158
      @michaelsheley158 8 лет назад +12

      I read the book about a decade ago and thought it was one of the best non-fiction books I've read. Everything I've read in the field since supports his work. Mr Angus is confusing him and his book with someone else.

    • @johnweaver3600
      @johnweaver3600 8 лет назад +3

      Mr. Argus is sadly a fool. Or just a troll. Maybe both?

  • @toddjohnson2190
    @toddjohnson2190 8 лет назад +2

    Thanks old timer, you can go home and lecture your cat now.

  • @howardwhite1507
    @howardwhite1507 7 лет назад

    100% a fan until he started drooling about climate change..... I am hoping he recovers his mind and moves to something relevant.

  • @jbeastist
    @jbeastist 6 лет назад +1

    guys joke new age crap