This enhanced the church’s influence and supposedly loosened eventually a flood of innovation.

This enhanced the church’s influence and supposedly loosened eventually a flood of innovation.  Read Less

A very impressive book and good companion with guns, germs, and steel as to understanding how our world came about.

A very impressive book and good companion with guns, germs, and steel as to understanding how our world came about.  Read Less

As more work is done and more books are written on the idea threads that originated in this book, a lot of criticism will be he...  Read More

As more work is done and more books are written on the idea threads that originated in this book, a lot of criticism will be heaped on every logical leap made in the book.  Read Less

Watch out, the ebook version shrinks down maps and figures to the point where they are almost illegible-- even after you click ...  Read More

Watch out, the ebook version shrinks down maps and figures to the point where they are almost illegible-- even after you click on them they are so tiny you can hardly make them out.  Read Less

Well written, packed with interesting new information, with the explanatory power and impact beyond any book written since char...  Read More

Well written, packed with interesting new information, with the explanatory power and impact beyond any book written since charles darwin's *the origin of species.  Read Less

It is like a box of chocolates, as another reviewer said.

It is like a box of chocolates, as another reviewer said.  Read Less

There is a massive transformation in many other societies in the post-tech world because of the changed lifestyles and informat...  Read More

There is a massive transformation in many other societies in the post-tech world because of the changed lifestyles and information availability.  Read Less

This book really does help explain some of the differences and problems we see between countries.

This book really does help explain some of the differences and problems we see between countries.  Read Less

This cascade produced what being weird means; that is by comparison with a bulk of the world that is utterly different (so far ...  Read More

This cascade produced what being weird means; that is by comparison with a bulk of the world that is utterly different (so far studies were centered too exclusively on societies that are western, educated, industrialized, rich, and democratic, hence the acronym).  Read Less

I think this is significantly more compelling than guns, germs, and steel was.

I think this is significantly more compelling than guns, germs, and steel was.  Read Less