After finishing Guns, Germs, and Steel, as soon as I came to The 1980s, and the idea for Collapse was percolating below the Start, but I had already written some magazine articles about collapses in Germs, and Steel and Collapse as companion volumes from the That interest has stayed with me over the lastįorty years, stimulated by visits to Maya ruins and Anasazi sites and by Island, I became intrigued by the collapse of great societiesas are What inspired you to write this book? Was there a singleĮureka! moment? Did you conceive of Collapse and Guns, Germs, and SteelĪs companion volumes from the startor did the idea for Collapse surfaceĮver since I was in my 20s and read Thor Heyerdahl's books about Easter However, when asked what it is about he would only reply 'the world is not yet ready for this story!' Read more. Interview Jared Diamond discusses Collapse and Guns, Germs and Steel in detail, and says that his next book should be complete in about five years.
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