昨日之前的世界
The world until yesterday
Jared Diamond、Efrén del Valle Peñamil · 初版 2012 年
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为什么值得读
- 详述祖先与传统部落生存样貌，极大开拓认知视野
- 直观展现昔日走出部落就可能被杀戮的残酷生存现状
- 结合人类演化视角深入探讨社会组织与暴力起源
概述：我们大多数人对现代社会的各种特征习以为常，从航空旅行、电信通信到识字普及和肥胖症。然而在人类社会存在的大约六百万年中，绝大部分时间里根本没有这些东西。尽管我们与原始祖先之间的鸿沟看似不可逾越，但我们仍能在那些至今或近期依然存在的传统社会中窥见昔日生活方式的大致面貌。像 New Guinea 高地人这样的社会提醒着我们：在演化时间的尺度上，一切改变才不过是昨天发生的事，而我们现代人依然拥有……
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…强烈推荐给任何对人类进化或日常饮食感兴趣的人。不过这篇文章水平实在太次了。任何对人类社会起源和暴力产生兴趣的人，还应该去读读贾雷德·戴蒙德的《昨日之前的世界》（The World Until Yesterday）、《二分心智的崩塌：人类意识的起源》、《活出意义来》（维克多·弗兰克尔著）、塞巴斯蒂安·荣格尔的《部落》（Tribe），以及《普通人：预备警察……
…highly recommend it to anyone interested in human evolution or general diet. This article however, is sophomoric. Anyone interested in the origins of human society and violence should also read "The World Until Yesterday" by Jared Diamond, "The Origin of Consciousness and the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind", "Man's Search for Meaning" by Viktor Frankl, "Tribe" by Sebastian by Junger and " Ordinary Men: Reserve Police…
…被（误）引用的数字只是邓巴用精妙的数学驱动方法解决生物学和进化论中诸多问题的一个例子。想要获得最大的震撼体验，可以把邓巴与贾雷德·戴蒙德的《昨日之前的世界》（http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_World_Until_Yesterday）结合起来看，后者解释了我们的祖先和许多传统部落是如何生活的（有时现在仍是如此），以及理查德·道金斯的《自私的基因》（http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Selfish_Gene）……
…(mis-)cited number is but one example of Dunbar's ingenious, math-driven approach to many problems in biology and evolution. To maximize mind-blowing capacity, combine Dunbar with Jared Diamond's "The World Until Yesterday" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_World_Until_Yesterday), which explains how our ancestors and many traditional tribes lived (and sometimes still live), and "The Selfish Gene" by Richard Dawkins (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Selfish_Gene),…
…排名不分先后。丹尼尔·卡尼曼的《思考，快与慢》。斯科特·亚伦森的《德谟克利特以来的量子计算》。托马斯·谢林的《冲突的策略》。贾雷德·戴蒙德的《枪炮、病菌与钢铁》和《昨日之前的世界》。W. W. 巴特利的《退向承诺》。布赖恩·卡普兰的《理性选民的神话》。尽管书名如此，但它让我更加珍惜民主。《战争、枪炮与选票》……
…particular order. "Thinking Fast and Slow" by Daniel Kahneman. "Quantum Computing since Democritus" by Scott Aaronson. "The Strategy of Conflict" by Thomas Schelling. "Guns, Germs, and Steel" and "The World until Yesterday" by Jared Diamond. "The Retreat To Commitment" by W. W. Bartley. "The Myth of the Rational Voter" by Bryan Caplan. Despite the name it made me appreciate democracy a lot more. "Wars, Guns, and Votes"…
…讲的是一个混血男人试图经营一个咖啡种植园，同时夹在西方社会和他所在的新几内亚部落之间艰难求生的故事。他的父亲是第一个与该部落接触的白人。贾雷德·戴蒙德的《昨日之前的世界》[3]让我切身体会到了直到不久之前人类的生活到底是什么样的。无论你朝哪个方向走不了多远，隔壁部落的人就会想弄死你。[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18438586…
…is about a mixed-race man trying to run a coffee plantation while living between western society and his New Guinea tribe. His father was the first white man to contact the tribe. Jared Diamond's The World Until Yesterday[3] brought home for me what human life was like until very recently. You couldn't travel far in any direction without the tribe next door trying to kill you. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18438586…
我推荐贾雷德·戴蒙德的《昨日之前的世界》（《枪炮、病菌与钢铁》也涉及了一些相关话题），或者弗朗斯·德·瓦尔的《倭黑猩猩与无神论者》。大体上我觉得大家普遍认同的是，在几百人规模的游群和小部落中……
I recommend Jared Diamond's 'The World Until Yesterday' ('Guns, Germs and Steel' also covers some related topics), or Frans de Waal's 'The Bonobo and the Atheist'. In general I think there's broad agreement that in bands and small tribes of up to a few hundred…
你可能会喜欢读贾雷德·戴蒙德的《昨日之前的世界》。
You may enjoy reading "The World Until Yesterday" by Jared Diamond.