The Third Chimpanzee | Jared Diamond | Talks at Google

We human beings share 98 percent of our genes with chimpanzees. Yet humans are the dominant species on the planet -- having founded civilizations and religions, developed intricate and diverse forms of communication, learned science, built cities, and created breathtaking works of art -- while chimps remain animals concerned primarily with the basic necessities of survival.
What is it about that two percent difference in DNA that has created such a divergence between evolutionary cousins? In this fascinating, provocative, passionate, funny, endlessly entertaining work, renowned Pulitzer Prize--winning author and scientist Jared Diamond explores how the extraordinary human animal, in a remarkably short time, developed the capacity to rule the world...and the means to irrevocably destroy it.

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  • @Sailright21
    @Sailright2110 жыл бұрын

    This man is a legend. His books are among the best I have ever read. Thankyou.

  • @AndersonS.A

    @AndersonS.A

    3 жыл бұрын

    Þtþþþga

  • @nickc3856

    @nickc3856

    Жыл бұрын

    His books are nonsense and have been thoroughly debunked but go off

  • @orobleh77
    @orobleh779 жыл бұрын

    He is great researcher and scientist. I watched several times his documentary on:"Guns, Germs and Steel". Brilliant and decent man.

  • @nesa1126

    @nesa1126

    7 жыл бұрын

    read a book. trust me.

  • @williamjameslehy1341
    @williamjameslehy134110 жыл бұрын

    Brilliant, brilliant man. It was Jared Diamond's books that first made me really get a sense of the world. I know that's hopelessly vague but he handles such a breadth of subjects it's fitting. I credit him with my lifelong interests in evolutionary biology and in archaeology.

  • @justgivemethetruth954

    @justgivemethetruth954

    10 жыл бұрын

    Jared Diamond is like the anthropological Carl Sagan! What I like is his thinking process and he models thinking about things for the reader.

  • @hellolin324

    @hellolin324

    6 жыл бұрын

    Chapter 5, History's Haves and Have-Nots in Jared Diamond's Guns, Germs, and Steel really confirmed so much of my questions, it really is that good

  • @highjenks3d

    @highjenks3d

    6 жыл бұрын

    Jacob Hoss I agree guns germs and steel changed me permanently I've never looked at the world and the things it the same way

  • @nickc3856

    @nickc3856

    Жыл бұрын

    Jared Diamond is a hack and his works have been thoroughly debunked since you posted this comment. Sad!

  • @FreedomIsNeverEverFree
    @FreedomIsNeverEverFree7 жыл бұрын

    I don't understand the history until reading the book "guns germs and steel".

  • @LambertBowden56
    @LambertBowden565 жыл бұрын

    Jesus Jared, I suck at tech and I have very little motivation to learn it... But the origins of man himself is far more fascinating than my stupid phone.

  • @vgrof2315
    @vgrof23153 жыл бұрын

    Am very pleased to hear this man speak after having read a couple of his books. Thank you.

  • @priyanks91
    @priyanks91 Жыл бұрын

    Finished the 3rd chimpanzee today (2023) and man, i just can't stop listening to him talk. Wish I could witness his greatness in person

  • @migrantchick
    @migrantchick8 жыл бұрын

    Thank you. I'm a big fan of Jared Diamond.

  • @ConservativeAnthem

    @ConservativeAnthem

    8 жыл бұрын

    OK...so how much do you weigh?!!

  • @InsistentlyInterdisciplinary
    @InsistentlyInterdisciplinary Жыл бұрын

    The original was what I kept on my desk at school for 'free reading' time when I was 10. Great stuff!

  • @rafavf8839
    @rafavf88394 жыл бұрын

    Obrigado, sou um admirador do trabalho de Jared Diamond.

  • @profbri.02
    @profbri.023 жыл бұрын

    The whole talk is why he wrote a young person's version of his book, it's not about the book itself. Laaame!

  • @seashells5181
    @seashells518118 күн бұрын

    I would venture to say Jared Diamond is not a very remarkable spieces in his capacity to understand Humans. His chimpanzee ancestry, of which he is very proud, is to take credit for that.

  • @moimeme35
    @moimeme354 жыл бұрын

    Mr Diamond for Nobel Prize! Racism is a plague, as we have seen until recently, and it arises from a condescending look on the other. This is why I am launching a petition to propose Jared Diamond to the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize. His books restore their dignity to a number of civilizations, including the last hunter-gatherers still existing, which he frequented for years. One of his books particularly "kills" racism: "Inequality among men". I suggest that you sign this petition on @t @t

  • @tomspike4423
    @tomspike44234 ай бұрын

    Love this guys work.

  • @fhoofe3245
    @fhoofe32454 ай бұрын

    25:00 the problem with voting is the massive effects of lobbying and special-interest groups - from Presidential to local, voting really doesn't matter in the sense that only certain candidates get media attention in a time when the majority of the USA still watches mainstream media.

  • @viviendomisabatico1587
    @viviendomisabatico1587 Жыл бұрын

    Marvellous!

  • @busterbiloxi3833
    @busterbiloxi38334 жыл бұрын

    His combover is under more control now.

  • @KasirRham
    @KasirRham4 жыл бұрын

    The variety of his interest and insight is pretty amazing.

  • @peterfrance7489
    @peterfrance7489 Жыл бұрын

    2% difference in DNA is by no means the complete explanation of the gulf between Man and Chimp. See Michael Levin.

  • @govindagovindaji4662
    @govindagovindaji46622 жыл бұрын

    103:00 thereabouts. Kudos to last two men at the mic~! Mr. Diamond wasn't quick enough though to realize he would likely find leads to some interesting data to pursue his findings of patterns should he read the book suggested. And yes, "profitable solutions" ~ so much in green energy goes that way~! I have a feeling though that Walmart & Tysons (both headquarters/origins are in the same part of country) collaborated on those chickens (-: and I doubt the outcome was profitable for the chickens~!

  • @canadiannuclearman
    @canadiannuclearman5 жыл бұрын

    The good follow up on this video is Hanz Rosling videos on population and health.

  • @MrSvenovitch

    @MrSvenovitch

    3 жыл бұрын

    That liar has not been breathing anymore since a few years now...

  • @SimoneCarp
    @SimoneCarp5 жыл бұрын

    Couple these reflections with Sapolsky's and Pinker's and you get a decent amount of information about the world and how humanity is going to manage it. About Diamond's concerns about the future. There's a lot of disparity, yes, but the first derivative is decisively negative. So goes with rates of pollution, raw materials usage, violence.

  • @govindagovindaji4662

    @govindagovindaji4662

    2 жыл бұрын

    Hi. Can you kindly give me simple (as possible, ha ha) reference as to what "first derivative" means in the sense or context that you are using it? Thanks.

  • @canilernproto3018

    @canilernproto3018

    Жыл бұрын

    Couldn't agree more. I have yet to read Pinker but Sapolsky and Diamond are foundational for me to say the least.

  • @SimoneCarp

    @SimoneCarp

    Жыл бұрын

    @@govindagovindaji4662 a first derivative in mathematics is the slope of a variable (implicitly I meant the trend of disparity, pollution, crime, etcetera... but I guess I could have made it easier to understand 😋).

  • @SimoneCarp

    @SimoneCarp

    Жыл бұрын

    @@canilernproto3018 inspirational by giving you access to fact-grounded theories, further authors and books, that's what makes them great 👍

  • @govindagovindaji4662

    @govindagovindaji4662

    Жыл бұрын

    Thank you @Simone Carpentieri So then, first derivative being "decisively negative" means it gets worse?

  • @CooNooTimeAgeThoughT
    @CooNooTimeAgeThoughT6 жыл бұрын

    The last scholar-like questioner stood up quickly after closing session so that he got Diamond's autogragh in the 1st place??

  • @guillatra
    @guillatra4 жыл бұрын

    21:27 "In german it takes about 30% more text to say something, than in english."

  • @phillipjackson101
    @phillipjackson101 Жыл бұрын

    AwEsOmE guy, very interesting 🙂

  • @michaelwoodsmccausland5633
    @michaelwoodsmccausland5633 Жыл бұрын

    It’s always worth being around

  • @tiego83
    @tiego836 жыл бұрын

    Legendas em português, já!

  • @sydneymorey6059
    @sydneymorey6059 Жыл бұрын

    Love reading the comments, they cover all my thoughts and more. Well done KZread. Cheers SBM

  • @wagnerraymondreyesalvarez5570
    @wagnerraymondreyesalvarez557011 ай бұрын

  • @bobaldo2339
    @bobaldo23395 жыл бұрын

    "Why was it Europeans that expanded around the world?" I guess he is referring to the age of colonization? Otherwise, I can't imagine what he is thinking! Europe was settled quite late by our modern species, compared to Asia and Australia (for instance), and by the same people who left Africa and actually did expand around the world.

  • @yonatancruz2761

    @yonatancruz2761

    3 жыл бұрын

    Why was Europeans expanded the world? " Go you therefore, and COLONIZE all nations, and christianize them in the name of the X, the Y, and the Z "

  • @internet_
    @internet_ Жыл бұрын

    This my landlord??

  • @michaelwoodsmccausland5633
    @michaelwoodsmccausland5633 Жыл бұрын

    The Fox P2 Gene

  • @alexds8452
    @alexds84524 жыл бұрын

    Verbose, but definitely brilliant. Love how he takes a scientific approach to his study of comparative history. Been active with Earth Corps & ecological efforts since JHS & I donate both time & money to 1. environment & 2. education, but am not holding my breath.

  • @user-ny3lr7sz7j
    @user-ny3lr7sz7j Жыл бұрын

    Vote...? Difficult to chose between these crooks !

  • @MrPfsantos
    @MrPfsantos3 жыл бұрын

    So you need money to fix the environment! Money is, in great extent, the transformation of natural resources in economy, and he wants to convince me that the causer of the problem is the solution of it. I admire him in many things but regarding the ecological issue, either he is being naive or dishonest. Or he is just being like me when I talk with my young niece. I try to sugar coat the pill in order to not depress her. Bottom line is this: nobody presented a solution without major changes in our life, and I don't believe that people will accept that willingly. So it will have to be by force , and that will be the end of democracy. Either way, the future is bleak.

  • @citizenschallengeYT
    @citizenschallengeYT4 жыл бұрын

    Sure made a big deal about the 2% DNA difference. But, I think it's an example of asking a bad question, so any answers will be inadequate. There's much yet to understand about the process of DNA and its final expression in an organism. Very subtle changes can have incredible outward consequences. Getting a feel for what makes us different from animals will take much much more information and a different perspective. This 2% amazement is the equivalent of looking at a post card. It's a shame Jared spent more time discussing himself than the book itself. Not that I'm knocking it, he's an interesting guy, but I dropped in to hear about the book. :-\ I myself believe a required first step is fully confronting and appreciating the difference between our "Human Mindscape" and "Physical Reality" we exist in for 'our' few years. It brings one to some sobering realizations - before we go off searching for our answers. }Too many seem unaware of how much they have been trapped by their ego's. Creates an unspoken unrecognized impulse to think our thoughts are the reality, instead of simply our striving to understand. I believe it does make a difference.} ps, citizenschallenge.blogspot.com/2018/08/key-to-nonoverlapping-magisterium.html

  • @phillipstruble3615
    @phillipstruble3615 Жыл бұрын

    I would like to ask his opinion on ego. No assumption please... just opinion.

  • @MrSvenovitch
    @MrSvenovitch3 жыл бұрын

    "My sons will be 63 in 2050." I once knew someone who thought like this. He buried his son 3 years before he died himself.

  • @qwertyqart
    @qwertyqart8 жыл бұрын

    why don't German friends just a get an ebook reader instead :)

  • @michaelwoodsmccausland5633
    @michaelwoodsmccausland5633 Жыл бұрын

    Children change your view

  • @dan6506
    @dan65063 жыл бұрын

    47:25 Actually 9/11 was carried out by very rich people from a wealthy country.

  • @Tsnore
    @Tsnore9 жыл бұрын

    Good talk especially the Q and A. But Jared is off base when he answered a question by throwing in the intimation that poverty primarily drives terrorism. The facts and analyses don't bear that out.

  • @Anarkayy

    @Anarkayy

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Tsnore the united states is the biggest terrorist state in the world and is obviously wealthy so i suppose you could cite the us as a counter evidence, however there is a huge correlation between discord/poverty and extremism.

  • @1mtstewart

    @1mtstewart

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Tsnore your facts are in dispute.

  • @ansfridaeyowulfsdottir8095
    @ansfridaeyowulfsdottir80952 жыл бұрын

    I dunno, everyone seems to think he's some sort of genius, but I find him quite dull. {:-:-:}

  • @HkFinn83

    @HkFinn83

    2 жыл бұрын

    He wrote a very accessible book that claims to teach people a stupendous amount with very little knowledge or effort required. You can see why it’s popular.

  • @fhoofe3245
    @fhoofe32454 ай бұрын

    this was not a talk about anything educational, he just said "i have a new book" and then said young people should be activists for climate/social stuff. then answered questions 32:30 onward - wouldn't recommend this video

  • @pfhastie
    @pfhastie10 жыл бұрын

    Why is he carrying a bum bag?

  • @CK-jd1kf

    @CK-jd1kf

    9 жыл бұрын

    Maybe for his medical problem?

  • @deadsparrow28

    @deadsparrow28

    6 жыл бұрын

    It's a ticket punch machine. He sells tickets to his talks.

  • @NEMO-NEMO

    @NEMO-NEMO

    6 жыл бұрын

    Irrelevant ...

  • @thekaxmax

    @thekaxmax

    6 жыл бұрын

    It's actually around his neck. It's an equipment bag.

  • @GaryAskwith1in5

    @GaryAskwith1in5

    6 жыл бұрын

    Scottish background, it's a modern Sporran.

  • @busterbiloxi3833
    @busterbiloxi38334 жыл бұрын

    What's with the fanny pack at his waist? He looks like an American tourist in Europe..

  • @michaelwoodsmccausland5633
    @michaelwoodsmccausland5633 Жыл бұрын

    The Result of DNA modification

  • @Blakdog333
    @Blakdog3338 жыл бұрын

    vote for who? fixed game Jared!

  • @fj2876
    @fj28762 жыл бұрын

    why can socialism analogue homogenetic protectionism

  • @S.Sarajlic
    @S.Sarajlic6 жыл бұрын

    Politically correct.

  • @davecampbell7493
    @davecampbell74934 жыл бұрын

    20 minutes in and yet to reveal the contents of the book. Lost interest.

  • @vladalexe3503
    @vladalexe35035 жыл бұрын

    Did he come to talk about his books and kids or anything else? He may know something but I think people make too big of a deal out of him

  • @PaulMorrisseyIRL

    @PaulMorrisseyIRL

    5 жыл бұрын

    Did you watch beyond 7 minutes?

  • @johnbatson8779
    @johnbatson8779 Жыл бұрын

    He is a nice guy but for a guy who teaches geography his understanding of geodetics is practically zero.

  • @zzergg8188
    @zzergg81888 жыл бұрын

    I can barely get through the first chapter of this book. "...or whenever taxonomists from Outer Space visit Earth to inventory its inhabitants, they will unhesitatingly adopt the new classification" (p 25). Seriously? Oh what else will outer space taxonomists unhesitatingly adopt? "As one possibility, they may have routinely used their teeth as vices grip objects, like my baby sons, who gripped their milk bottles in their teeth and ran around with their hands free" (p 42). What kind of scientist takes this type of assumptive liberty? Conservationism and social engineering have zero place in science. It pollutes the water on the assumption/error that morality is stagnant. The Nazis thought their morality was of the highest order and used social/biological sciences to justify their morality. The English and their only the strong will survive economic/social policies believed their morality was of the highest order and they used social/biological sciences to justify their morality. This man, Jared Diamond, uses science to justify his morality and with it he creates error and illusion. How can we, as humans, ever dream of getting to the truth when we keep injecting "humanity/morality" into our journey? Morality is relative. Anthropology must be a mirror in which humankind can look upon to see simply itself; a self awareness. This man and people like him are a wasteful pit stop on our journey.

  • @annalejandro1
    @annalejandro19 жыл бұрын

    Why does this man pace so much? Sorry I get visual vertigo/nausea. What is his medical problem?

  • @qhsperson

    @qhsperson

    9 жыл бұрын

    Ann Alejandro Ever do any teaching/lecturing? It's hard as hell on your feet and legs if you try to stand in one spot for any length of time. The older you get, the harder it gets.

  • @raylsoncarlos
    @raylsoncarlos5 жыл бұрын

    Socialism, socialism, socialism... Seriously?

  • @James-gk8ip

    @James-gk8ip

    4 жыл бұрын

    We have altruistic instincts to protect the population.

  • @eurotrucking7214
    @eurotrucking72144 жыл бұрын

    6 min intro was too much for me. I’m out!

  • @ipdavid1043
    @ipdavid10436 жыл бұрын

    one fact, and one false: fact: he knows a lot about evolutions..false..he does not know anything about Sun spot that affects our Earth temperature...global warming in cyclical period...oh...I thought I saw Stephen King?? at 37min...

  • @James-gk8ip

    @James-gk8ip

    4 жыл бұрын

    You really aren't making an effort to read real scientific literature.

  • @jbeastist
    @jbeastist6 жыл бұрын

    guys joke new age crap

  • @Halargus
    @Halargus9 жыл бұрын

    This guy has been completely discredited. His book Guns, Germs, and Steel was a laughingstock.

  • @1mtstewart

    @1mtstewart

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Harry Argus try again.

  • @1mtstewart

    @1mtstewart

    8 жыл бұрын

    +ThreshPrinceOfBelAir discredited by whom?

  • @1mtstewart

    @1mtstewart

    8 жыл бұрын

    Probably, hasnt read a book in a while...

  • @michaelsheley158

    @michaelsheley158

    8 жыл бұрын

    I read the book about a decade ago and thought it was one of the best non-fiction books I've read. Everything I've read in the field since supports his work. Mr Angus is confusing him and his book with someone else.

  • @johnweaver3600

    @johnweaver3600

    7 жыл бұрын

    Mr. Argus is sadly a fool. Or just a troll. Maybe both?

  • @toddjohnson2190
    @toddjohnson21908 жыл бұрын

    Thanks old timer, you can go home and lecture your cat now.

  • @ConservativeAnthem

    @ConservativeAnthem

    8 жыл бұрын

    lol

  • @howardwhite1507
    @howardwhite15076 жыл бұрын

    100% a fan until he started drooling about climate change..... I am hoping he recovers his mind and moves to something relevant.