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I actually read that book in January when I was in Puerto Vallarta.
It's a good book, Jared loves to smell his own farts, so expect A LOT of repetition of ideas. You can get away with reading half of the book and pretty much have an understanding of what he's attempting to establish.
Fertile Crescent above the hemisphere in Euro/Asia = Amazing crop and livestock diversity = Stationary towns/cities = Technology = Colonization of worlds
Hunters and gathers = Move around too much = No tech/writing = Get fucked by the above
Some of his ideas have been challenged by modern archeologists, but for the most part I agree with his assessments.
A very dry book up until the latter chapters though.
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