崩溃
Collapse
Jared Diamond · 初版 2004 年
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为什么值得读
- 剖析多个文明在关键资源耗尽后灭亡的历程
- 探讨社会与文化长期生存或衰亡的多重因素
- 警示人类社会盲目自大与资源无限论的危险
“在荣获普利策奖的畅销书 Guns, Germs, and Steel 中，Jared Diamond 考察了西方文明如何以及为何发展出使其得以统治世界大部分地区的技术与免疫力。如今，Diamond 深入探究了问题的另一面：是什么导致过去某些伟大文明走向崩溃沦为废墟，我们又能从它们的命运中汲取什么教训？”“正如在 Guns, Germs, and Steel 中一样，Diamond 通过一系列历史文化叙事编织出一个包罗万象的全球性论题。从 Easter Island 上的史前波利尼西亚文化，到曾经繁
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……挺酷的：- 道格拉斯·霍夫施塔特的《哥德尔、艾舍尔、巴赫：集异璧之大成》（GEB）- 大卫·格雷伯的《债：第一个5000年》- 厄休拉·勒古恩的《世界诞生之日为森林》- 爱德华·伯内斯的《宣传》- 贾雷德·戴蒙德的《崩溃：社会如何选择成败兴亡》- 赫尔弗里德·明克勒的《帝国：从古罗马到美国的统治逻辑》- 斯梅德利·D·巴特勒的《战争是一场骗局》（更多……
…pretty cool: - Douglas Hofstadter's GEB: An Eternal Golden Braid - Debt: The First 5,000 Years by David Graeber - Ursula K. LeGuin's The Word for World is Forest - Propaganda by Edward Bernays - Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed by Jared Diamond - Empires: The Logic of World Domination from Ancient Rome to the United States by Herfried Münkler - Smedley D. Butler's War is a Racket (more…
> 资源确实是无限的，因为人类的创造力是无限的人类的创造力确实令人惊叹，但绝不是无限的。我推荐贾雷德·戴蒙德的《崩溃》。篇幅很长，但他考察的每一个社会，当初都觉得自己过得好好的，结果一旦某种关键资源耗尽，在几代人之内就沦落到（字面意义上的）同类相食……
> resources are indeed infinite, because the human ingenuity is infinite Human ingenuity is impressive, but not infinite. I recommend Collapse by Jared Diamond. It's a long read, but every single society he examines thought they were doing great but ended up eating each other (literally) within a couple of generations once some vital resource…
……关于这事儿。你可以尝试“多建房子”，也可以“把它搞得更贵”，或者“搞个摇号抽签系统”，但你总不能把人给消灭掉，所以这根本不是什么建设性的讨论。贾雷德·戴蒙德的《崩溃》一书把这讲得挺透彻的。
…about it. You can try and "build more housing", you can "make it more expensive", you can "implement a lottery system" but you can't get rid of people, so it's not a constructive discussion. The book "Collapse" by Jared Diamond covers this pretty well.
关于人类社会长期存续这个话题，我极其推荐贾雷德·戴蒙德的《崩溃》：http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collapse:_How_Societies_Choose_... 虽说我个人对我们当前社会的长期命运大体上还算乐观，但我确实担心那种盲目的信念，以为……
On the topic of the long term survival of societies I can thoroughly recommend Collapse by Jared Diamond: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collapse:_How_Societies_Choose_... While I am generally rather positive about the long term fate of our current society I do worry that blind belief that…
针对“国家为什么会失败”这个问题，贾雷德·戴蒙德在《崩溃》里给出了一个更好的答案。这本书专门探讨了国家和文明走向灭亡的种种原因。强烈推荐。
An even better answer specific to the "Why Nations Fail" question is in Jared Diamond's Collapse. Which specifically explores the manifold reasons nations and cultures fail. Highly recommended.
……过去5年里我看过的每一部纪录片都在说，人类正在以不可持续的速度破坏地球。我以为这现在早该是常识了。如果你更喜欢看书了解，贾雷德·戴蒙德的《崩溃》[1]是关于这个主题的一本神作，每个论点和事例都有事实和文献支持。[1] http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0143117009/ref=as_li_tl?ie=...
…every documentary I have seen the last 5 years claims humans are increasingly ruining the planet at a non-sustainable rate. I expected this to be common knowledge by now. If you prefer reading about it, Collapse by Jared Diamond[1] is an exceptional book on the subject, with facts and references for every claim and anecdote. [1] http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0143117009/ref=as_li_tl?ie=...