Jared Diamond vs. Will Cuppy
Side-by-side comparison of two thinkers
Jared Diamond
1937 – present
Jared Mason Diamond is an American scientist, historian, and author. He has written hundreds of scientific and popular articles and books, most notably Guns, Germs, and Steel (1997), which received multiple awards, including the 1998 Pulitzer Prize for general nonfiction. In 2005, Diamond was ranked ninth on a poll by Prospect and Foreign Policy of the world's top 100 public intellectuals.
"In fact, one of the main lesson to be learned from the collapses of the Maya, Anasazi, Easter Islanders, and those other past societies is that a society's stee…"
Will Cuppy
1884 – 1949
William Jacob Cuppy was an American humorist and literary critic, known for his satirical books about nature and historical figures.
"We do not really know why the Woolly Mammoth became extinct. Early Man killed some of them, of course. But most of the time Early Man stayed right in his cave, …"
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