Guns, germs, and steel — Jared Diamond

One of our go-to references to predict technology is the readable history book Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies. We especially like Diamond’s egalitarian approach to human capacity and performance.

The book covers how geography, natural resources, and trade interact with the development of technology and political power. We like the international focus and agree that those who don’t learn from history are doomed to repeat it.

Disruptive technologies always have ethical implications and studying history can help us consider them more carefully.