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Reading Experience
Customers have overwhelmingly positive opinions about the reading experience of this book. They find it thought-provoking, well-written, and insightful, challenging their perspectives and providing new depth to various concepts. However, some readers found certain parts more detailed than desired.
Cultural Impact
Customers have a largely positive view towards the book's exploration of culture's impact on human progress, with many praising its thorough research and insightful analysis. The book is seen as offering a unique perspective on the role of cultural forces in shaping societies and economies throughout history. Some readers also appreciate how it challenges the notion of glorifying one race or civilization over another.
Individual Rights
Customers generally praise the book for its focus on individual rights in Western society, citing historical achievements such as Roman law. However, some express concern about the author's perceived moral superiority towards Western culture.
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Marriage Patterns
Customers have mixed opinions about the book's exploration of marriage patterns in the context of European history, with some praising its interdisciplinary approach and others expressing challenges with defining and measuring kinship in pre-modern times. The author's argument that the shift from kinship to relationship-based structures has driven Western economic development is generally well-received, but some readers question the applicability of the findings to larger societies.
Church Teachings
Customers have mixed opinions regarding the role of church teachings in shaping Western societies as presented in the book "WEIRDest People in the World". While some agree with the author's argument that the Church played a significant role, others challenge it, questioning the accuracy and completeness of the evidence provided.
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This enhanced the church’s influence and supposedly loosened eventually a flood of innovation.
A very impressive book and good companion with guns, germs, and steel as to understanding how our world came about.
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
Watch out, the ebook version shrinks down maps and figures to the point where they are almost illegible-- even after you click ... Read More
Packaging/appearance
Well written, packed with interesting new information, with the explanatory power and impact beyond any book written since char... Read More
It is like a box of chocolates, as another reviewer said.
Competitiveness
There is a massive transformation in many other societies in the post-tech world because of the changed lifestyles and informat... Read More
This book really does help explain some of the differences and problems we see between countries.
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
I think this is significantly more compelling than guns, germs, and steel was.
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weird, many, western, cultural and most. - Our engine has profiled the reviewer patterns and has determined that there is minimal deception involved.
- Our engine has determined that the review content quality is high and informative.
- Our engine has discovered that over 80% high quality reviews are present.
- This product had a total of 1,293 reviews as of our last analysis date on Dec 31 2024.
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Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
If guns germs and steel gives sheds light on the he 34hardware34 of societal evolution then this book focuses on the evolution of the 34software34 of our weird society
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It is like a box of chocolates as another reviewer said
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Ive given about 10 copies of this to friends and will surely give more
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But it is very dense all arguments backed up with vastly detailed evidence
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According to henrich its due to a complex set of culture norms summed up by 34weirdness34 an acronym for western educated rich industrialized and democratic
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The only missing piece from this book is the obvious implication that genes and cultures coevolve and thus that bringing people from the third world to europe or canada or australia will not necessarily produce similar outcomes because of genetic differences
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Next time you hear the term “weird “ you’ll have a better idea on what people are saying
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Many longheld assumptions will have to be carefully reexamined
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