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In order to choose good books (non-fiction) to read I often cross references my 'sources' (of which OSC is one). But I've now got to the end of my reading list.
Titles I have read and enjoyed a lot: Guns Germs ans Steel (Jared Diamond) Why is sex fun? (Jared Diamond) The rise and fall fo the third chimpanzee (Jared Diamond) Collapse (Jared Diamond) The Paradox of Choice Blink - Malcolm Gladwell The wisdom of crowds - James Surowiecki Co-opetition Good to Great - Jim Collins Freakonomics
OSC - Could you please recommend a few other titles, particularly on community theory or miltary strategy, that you think might be interesting? Thank you.
I particullary enjoyed reading Pastwatch, just after having read Guns Germs and Steel. I really enjoyed how OSC intertwinned the hypothesis in GGS to create his story.
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Pastwatch was written before GGS, I believe, meaning that Diamond's very insightful book wasn't even around for Card to use for reference. I think Card said somewhere that it would have made his research much easier if GGS had been written before he did Pastwatch.
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