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Title: Author admits bias, but good perspective on how societies start
Review: Just finished this book today... Of course this book is biased, he admits this in the "Afterword" section, in the first few paragraphs. Of course he has a few opinions about different groups of people being "smarter" than others (Eurasians) but he admits that it is his opinion. It's a great persective and I think it supplements nicely with other history books, filling up a few "holes" in history....which is riddled with biased holes like swiss cheese! It's interesting and I won't take his extensive work for granted. Also, his afterword gives a lot of insight of how free trade, free economies and de-centralized governments provide a better standard of living for everyone. Examples include the differences between South/North Korea, former East/West Germany, the D. Republic and Haiti...etc. Great points!If anything, Diamond is biased in multiple accounts but the book is nothing short of amazing...
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