Jared Diamond · 1997
A speaker recommends a book written by someone else.
None yet.
The author, or a host talking with the author, discusses the book. Not counted as an endorsement.
“I'm such a fan of your books, Guns, Germs, and Steel was the first one I…”
Why: It was the first book the host read by the guest and left a strong impression.
Andrew Huberman, Host on Huberman LabWhat Makes Great Leaders & How to Live an Extraordinary Life | Dr. Jared Diamond
“Jared, your book about leaders now seems to be the opposite of guns, germs, and steel.”
Jared Diamond, Guest on Huberman LabWhat Makes Great Leaders & How to Live an Extraordinary Life | Dr. Jared Diamond
“Here, here's this book about individuals and your other books, Guns, Germs, Aseas, and so on, about whole societies for 10,000 years.”
Jared Diamond, Guest on Conversations with TylerJared Diamond on Leaders, Luck, and Irreplaceability
“If you think of your own model of the intellectual world, how consequential a figure are you? Would guns, germs, and steel in some other way have been written, rewritten, 10 years later if you hadn't done it, or it just would have been a vacuum?”
Tyler Cowen, Host on Conversations with TylerJared Diamond on Leaders, Luck, and Irreplaceability
Named without an opinion attached.
“So the phrase comes from Jared Diamond. Jared Diamond is a famous author who wrote many famous books, but Guns, Germs, and Steel made a huge impression on it.”
Hanno Sauer, Guest on EconTalkHow We Tamed Ourselves and Invented Good and Evil (with Hanno Sauer)
Other books cited in the same episodes.
The Population Bomb
Paul R. Ehrlich
Discussed together in: What Makes Great Leaders & How to Live an Extraordinary Life | Dr. Jared Diamond (Huberman Lab)
Profits, Prophets, Coaches, and Kings
Jared Diamond
Discussed together in: Jared Diamond on Leaders, Luck, and Irreplaceability (Conversations with Tyler)
Prophets, Coaches, and Kings
Jared Diamond
Discussed together in: What Makes Great Leaders & How to Live an Extraordinary Life | Dr. Jared Diamond (Huberman Lab)
The Third Chimpanzee
Jared Diamond
Discussed together in: Jared Diamond on Leaders, Luck, and Irreplaceability (Conversations with Tyler)
On the Origin of Species
Charles Darwin
Discussed together in: Jared Diamond on Leaders, Luck, and Irreplaceability (Conversations with Tyler)
Silent Spring
Rachel Carson
Discussed together in: Jared Diamond on Leaders, Luck, and Irreplaceability (Conversations with Tyler)
The Invention of Good and Evil
Hanno Sauer
Discussed together in: How We Tamed Ourselves and Invented Good and Evil (with Hanno Sauer) (EconTalk)