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Book of the Week: Jared Diamond - The World Until Yesterday

Book of the Week: Jared Diamond - The World Until Yesterday: Episode 1

The World until Yesterday

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Jared Diamond - The World Until Yesterday

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Jared Diamond asks what traditional cultures can teach us about modern society.

4 Extra Debut. Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jared Diamond examines what traditional cultures can teach us about modern society. From March 2013.

The first of five extracts from Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jared Diamond's powerful new book, that asks what can traditional societies teach us about how we in the west live now?


Drawing upon several decades of experience living and working in Papua New Guinea, Professor Diamond shows how traditional societies can offer an extraordinary window into how our ancestors lived for millions of years - until virtually yesterday, in evolutionary terms - and provide unique, often overlooked insights into human nature. Exploring how tribal peoples approach essential human problems, from childrearing to old age to conflict resolution to health, Diamond reminds us that the West achieved global dominance due to specific environmental and technological advantages, but Westerners do not necessarily have superior ideas about how to live well.


Read by Crawford Logan.


Abridged by Robin Brooks.


Produced by Kirsteen Cameron.

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Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jared Diamond asks what can traditional societies teach us

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jared Diamond examines what traditional societies can teach us about how we in the west live now.

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