……《枪炮、病菌与钢铁》（Guns, Germs, and Steel）暗示的“地质决定论”相当极端。[1] 尽管他的论点大体上挺站得住脚，但事情显然远比这复杂得多。一本能很好平衡这一视角的书是伊恩·莫里斯（Ian Morris）的《西方将主宰多久》（Why the West Rules--For Now）。[1] 贾雷德·戴蒙德（Jared Diamond）实际上警告过这种决定论谬误，但这书确实让我留下了存在这种决定论的印象。
…Steel is rather extreme in suggesting an 'geological determinism.' [1] While his arguments are generally quite good, there is simply quite a bit more happening. A nice book to balance this is Ian Morris, Why the West Rules--For Now. [1] Jarred Diamond actually warns of this determinism fallacy, but the book certainly left me with the impression that such a determinism exists.
你的两个观点我都赞同——至少就《枪炮、病菌与钢铁》（Guns Germs and Steel）而言是这样。可以说他在后来的作品里严重过度延伸了他的基础研究。对戴蒙德一个有趣的补充是伊恩·莫里斯的《西方将主宰多久：从历史规律看未来走向》（Why the West Rules--for Now: The Patterns of History, and What They Reveal About the Future）。极度简化来说，莫里斯赞同西方核心区拥有先发优势这一观点（功劳归戴蒙德），但接着基本上是在说“嗯，确实，……
I agree with both your points--at least with respect to Guns Germs and Steel. Arguably he way overextended his basic research in later works. An interesting supplement to Diamond is Ian Morris' Why the West Rules--for Now: The Patterns of History, and What They Reveal About the Future. To greatly oversimplify, Morris endorses the idea of a Western core headstart (with credit to Diamond) but then basically says "Well, yeah,…
你可能会喜欢《西方将主宰多久》（Why the West Rules -- For Now）这本书（http://www.amazon.com/Why-West-Rules-Now-Patterns/dp/0312611...）。它的一个主要前提是，社会对其他社会的影响（用书里的说法叫“主宰”，因为这种影响……
You might enjoy the book "Why the West Rules -- For Now" (http://www.amazon.com/Why-West-Rules-Now-Patterns/dp/0312611...) One of the main premises is that the impact of societies on other societies ("ruling" in the vernacular of the book, as this impact…
说得在理。如果《枪炮、病菌与钢铁》（GG&S）改变了你的思维方式，我强烈建议你接着读读那篇书评里提到的书（埃里克·沃尔夫的《欧洲与没有历史的人》）或者伊恩·莫里斯的《西方将主宰多久》（Why The West Rules, For Now）。
Good point. If GG&S changed the way you think, I'd highly recommend following it up with either the book from that review (Eric Wolf's "Europe and the People without History") or Ian Morris's "Why The West Rules, For Now".
伊恩·莫里斯的《西方将主宰多久》（Why The West Rules）——几乎就是《枪炮、病菌与钢铁》的续作，从 GGS 结尾的地方接棒：欧亚大陆主宰世界是因为地理，但为什么是欧洲而不是中国？书中有一部分是一套评分系统……
Why The West Rules, by Ian Morris - pretty much a continuation of Guns Germs and Steel that takes over where GGS ended: Eurasia rules because geography, but why Europe and not China? Part of the book is a system of points…
我想补充一本伊恩·莫里斯的《西方将主宰多久》（Why the West Rules for Now）。https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Why_the_West_Rules%E2%80%94For... 它提出了（对我来说）很有说服力的论点：地理决定论虽然重要，但并不能真正解释为什么西方……
I'd add Why the West Rules for Now by Ian Morris. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Why_the_West_Rules%E2%80%94For... It makes the (to me) convincing argument that geographic determinism, while important, doesn't really explain why the western…
……《枪炮、病菌与钢铁》（Guns, Germs, and Steel）暗示的“地质决定论”相当极端。[1] 尽管他的论点大体上挺站得住脚，但事情显然远比这复杂得多。一本能很好平衡这一视角的书是伊恩·莫里斯（Ian Morris）的《西方将主宰多久》（Why the West Rules--For Now）。[1] 贾雷德·戴蒙德（Jared Diamond）实际上警告过这种决定论谬误，但这书确实让我留下了存在这种决定论的印象。
…Steel is rather extreme in suggesting an 'geological determinism.' [1] While his arguments are generally quite good, there is simply quite a bit more happening. A nice book to balance this is Ian Morris, Why the West Rules--For Now. [1] Jarred Diamond actually warns of this determinism fallacy, but the book certainly left me with the impression that such a determinism exists.
你的两个观点我都赞同——至少就《枪炮、病菌与钢铁》（Guns Germs and Steel）而言是这样。可以说他在后来的作品里严重过度延伸了他的基础研究。对戴蒙德一个有趣的补充是伊恩·莫里斯的《西方将主宰多久：从历史规律看未来走向》（Why the West Rules--for Now: The Patterns of History, and What They Reveal About the Future）。极度简化来说，莫里斯赞同西方核心区拥有先发优势这一观点（功劳归戴蒙德），但接着基本上是在说“嗯，确实，……
I agree with both your points--at least with respect to Guns Germs and Steel. Arguably he way overextended his basic research in later works. An interesting supplement to Diamond is Ian Morris' Why the West Rules--for Now: The Patterns of History, and What They Reveal About the Future. To greatly oversimplify, Morris endorses the idea of a Western core headstart (with credit to Diamond) but then basically says "Well, yeah,…
你可能会喜欢《西方将主宰多久》（Why the West Rules -- For Now）这本书（http://www.amazon.com/Why-West-Rules-Now-Patterns/dp/0312611...）。它的一个主要前提是，社会对其他社会的影响（用书里的说法叫“主宰”，因为这种影响……
You might enjoy the book "Why the West Rules -- For Now" (http://www.amazon.com/Why-West-Rules-Now-Patterns/dp/0312611...) One of the main premises is that the impact of societies on other societies ("ruling" in the vernacular of the book, as this impact…
说得在理。如果《枪炮、病菌与钢铁》（GG&S）改变了你的思维方式，我强烈建议你接着读读那篇书评里提到的书（埃里克·沃尔夫的《欧洲与没有历史的人》）或者伊恩·莫里斯的《西方将主宰多久》（Why The West Rules, For Now）。
Good point. If GG&S changed the way you think, I'd highly recommend following it up with either the book from that review (Eric Wolf's "Europe and the People without History") or Ian Morris's "Why The West Rules, For Now".
伊恩·莫里斯的《西方将主宰多久》（Why The West Rules）——几乎就是《枪炮、病菌与钢铁》的续作，从 GGS 结尾的地方接棒：欧亚大陆主宰世界是因为地理，但为什么是欧洲而不是中国？书中有一部分是一套评分系统……
Why The West Rules, by Ian Morris - pretty much a continuation of Guns Germs and Steel that takes over where GGS ended: Eurasia rules because geography, but why Europe and not China? Part of the book is a system of points…
我想补充一本伊恩·莫里斯的《西方将主宰多久》（Why the West Rules for Now）。https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Why_the_West_Rules%E2%80%94For... 它提出了（对我来说）很有说服力的论点：地理决定论虽然重要，但并不能真正解释为什么西方……
I'd add Why the West Rules for Now by Ian Morris. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Why_the_West_Rules%E2%80%94For... It makes the (to me) convincing argument that geographic determinism, while important, doesn't really explain why the western…