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I don't think Jared Diamond belongs on your list of "rent-a-quote new-age theorists"

He got a pretty hearty serve for his last book in the reviews I read. Guns, germs & steel was long time ago now.

GGS has itself been served repeatedly since its publishing, it’s not at all taken seriously.

One weak book doesn't make the man into a Kurzweil