The"Objective Reality"

I'm up to Chapter 5 but I don't discuss anything specifically.

Diamond obviously puts primary importance on the physical worlds ability to shape society. And so far there is little reference to the importance of ideology or worldview in cultural change. Most of us have been some what schooled in the thought that what is most fundamental too how we act is how we see the world. And I've often thought this was compelling but I also have always believed in the presence of an outside reality which shapes me in ways I don't quite understand.

Discussion question: in what ways is Diamond's search for primary material causes relevant to understanding worldview especially what ways does it undermine it and what ways could it contribute to a more robust perspective? I'm basically trying to understand how my interpretation of hi interpretation of what he perceives as the objective facts that shape cultural history can be best understood and accounted for.

Some Form Proposals

I think just about everyone has a copy at this point so I think posts should start pretty soon. I've never tried doing a blog book discussion or a book discussion without certain goals so here are some proposals for clariy in posting.
1. Post's shold begin with the chapter(s) or page(s) that you are commenting on so everyone can tell i they've read that far.
2. There does not have to be any specific order to posting whatever you want to make a point or ask a question about make it.
3. Becase there is no clear order noone should feel slighted if noone responds to a comment from ch. 5 while everyone else is writing on ch. 2 (maybe everyone else is more mature than me but I thought I'd put that anyway)

let's get this party started

hey there

just a test to see how this works. i'm a rookie at this blog thing