Jared Diamond explores lessons from traditional societies for modern life in this insightful study.
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Jared Diamond explores lessons from traditional societies for modern life in this insightful study.
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Overview: Most of us take for granted the features of our modern society, from air travel and telecommunications to literacy and obesity. Yet for nearly all of its six million years of existence, human society had none of these things. While the gulf that divides us from our primitive ancestors may seem unbridgeably wide, we can glimpse much of our former lifestyle in those largely traditional societies still or recently in existence. Societies like those of the New Guinea Highlanders remind us ...
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Sexual content
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No sexual content depicted.
Violence & gore
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Moderate descriptions of violence in traditional societies; some graphic details.
Profanity
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No profanity depicted.
Substance use
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No evidence found in available sources.
LGBTQ+ Rep.
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No evidence found in available sources.
Religious content
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Minor mentions of spiritual practices in traditional societies.
Magic & witchcraft
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No evidence found in available sources.
Occult / demonology
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Political content
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Moderate social and cultural commentary on modern vs traditional life.
Self-harm / suicide
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No evidence found in available sources.
Abuse & suffering
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Brief mentions of hardship and suffering in traditional societies.
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