Logic first

-Read "Guns, Germs and Steel" and share your feelings after listening.

There is a brain teaser: how to drive an elephant into the refrigerator. People who think in the east are puzzled, while people who think in the west easily give the answer:

Step 1 Drive the elephant to the front of the refrigerator;

Step 2: Open the refrigerator door;

Step 3: Drive the elephant in;

Step 4: Close the door.

This joke-like question actually fully embodies the importance attached by western thinking to logical relations.

Yang's sharing logic is very clear and gradual.

Jared Diamond's argumentation method in this book is also long and logical.

This book mainly tells about the modern world and many causes of inequality, points out the great influence of environment on human history, and denies national determinism. But this view is not new, nor is it completely accurate. The influence of environment on human beings and even all living things on the earth is Darwin's view of evolution. Humans, animals and plants domesticated by humans, bacteria that love to kill humans, and other creatures on earth are constantly mutating and constantly trying to make mistakes. Those mutations that have just adapted to environmental changes are rewarded by Mother Nature, and they survive, reproduce and expand. Of course, most mutations failed and were ruthlessly eliminated by nature.

The negation of national determinism is also controversial Macroscopically, the evolution of human beings and all living things follows the natural law of survival of the fittest, but microscopically, Gao Erdun's "eugenics" accords with the research results of brain science and genetic science. From the moment you were born, 70% of your life has been determined by your genes. You were born irrational, unfree and unequal.

But whether the theory is innovative and the conclusion is reasonable, just like that brain teaser, will not affect the contribution and value of this book. Because the treasure boy Yang and Professor Diamond provide us with a novel perspective to examine the history of human development, and make their respective theories clear with strict logical reasoning.

Even if a book only provides an idea, a feeling, a beautiful sentence and an appropriate word, it is also valuable. Moreover, the book Guns, Bacteria and Steel has taught us a new way of thinking and a logical argument writing method, and it is certainly a good book.