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Internationallyrenowned scholar Jared Diamond brings his knowledge to GREAT MINDS for the 25th anniversary of his steady bestseller, Guns, Germs, and Steel.

In his first lecture, "Why Civilizations Are Unequal," Diamond talks about why world civilizations have developed at different paces throughout history. He uses scientific evidence to explain that Europeans conquered the world not because they were more intelligent but because of geographical and environmental factors that gave them certain advantages.

Jared Diamond is an American geographer, cultural anthropologist, and civilization scholar. Since first entering academia as a physiologist, Diamond has continued to expand his area of expertise, studying world civilizations and ecosystems.

Diamond’s 1997 book, Guns, Germs, and Steel, which he wrote after his myriad research projects in Papua New Guinea, is a consistent bestseller, having sold 2 million copies worldwide. Diamond didn’t just impart knowledge through the book but directly refuted a racist view in academia at the time, which attributed the history of uneven global growth to the disparity in intelligence between races. He cited geographical and environmental factors as the reasons for the disparities in growth.

Guns, Germs, and Steel won Diamond the Pulitzer Prize in 1998. The internationally acclaimed scholar is also the recipient of the American National Medal of Science and the Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement. At 85, Diamond continues his work studying human civilization and examining its future.

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