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55. Jared Diamond on the Downfall of Civilizations — and His Optimism for Ours

People I (Mostly) Admire

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Is Your Best Decade Your 84?

"We just wrote it for the money. The publishers offered us a lot of money to write a book, and we didn't actually think any one would read it," he says. "I'm interested in lots of things, andif i lived to a hundred and 70, i wouldn't do all the things that i would love to do." He adds: "If i were not writing a book now, well, johann sebastian bach wrote 220 kantaras".

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