It's always fascinating to me when ideas, theories, and models from one environment/sector are applied to another. Jared Diamond's Upheaval evidently (I haven't read it yet but have it on my reading list) applies dynamics that are relevant to personal upheaval to several countries. Last week's review by Joshua Kim provides the basics of Diamond's proposition. Kim followed up on the initial article by offering an essay about big ideas.
Diamond is an obvious big thinker and one who Kim indicates will likely be criticized in academic circles. However, he counters the criticism by saying "I found Upheaval hugely enlightening. Having recently traveled to Japan, the chapters on Japanese history and society both rang true to my experience - and helped me make sense of what I had witnessed." Through pulling broad ideas together, spanning intellectual boundaries, Kim says, "Diamond, for me, is a wonderful example of how to live a big academic life."
Diamond is an obvious big thinker and one who Kim indicates will likely be criticized in academic circles. However, he counters the criticism by saying "I found Upheaval hugely enlightening. Having recently traveled to Japan, the chapters on Japanese history and society both rang true to my experience - and helped me make sense of what I had witnessed." Through pulling broad ideas together, spanning intellectual boundaries, Kim says, "Diamond, for me, is a wonderful example of how to live a big academic life."
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