[..] too stupid to invent the key technological advances used against them, and doomed to die because they failed to build cities, domesticate animals and thereby acquire infectious organisms.
Isn’t the whole point that stupidity has nothing to do with (e.g.) not domesticating an animal you cannot find in your region?
Yes. This is what Jared Diamond was arguing against. He is very clear and explicit about it.
The main point of Diamond books seemed to me to be that European dominated the world because of sheer geographic luck and emphatically NOT because they were more intelligent than Asian, American or African. Accusing him of latent racism seems really disingenuous to me.
Yes. This is what Jared Diamond was arguing against. He is very clear and explicit about it.
The main point of Diamond books seemed to me to be that European dominated the world because of sheer geographic luck and emphatically NOT because they were more intelligent than Asian, American or African. Accusing him of latent racism seems really disingenuous to me.