Jared Diamond Quotes

(1) Risk-taking Behavior, Essential For Efforts At Innovation, Is More Widespread In Some Societies Than In Others. (2) The Scientific Outlook Is A Unique Feature Of Post-Renaissance European Society That Has Contributed Heavily To Its Modern Technological Preeminence. (3) Tolerance Of Diverse Views And Of Heretics Fosters Innovation, Whereas A Strongly Traditional Outlook (as In China's Emphasis On Ancient Chinese Classics) Stifles It. (4) Religions Vary Greatly In Their Relation To Technological Innovation: Some Branches Of Judaism And Christianity Are Claimed To Be Especially Compatible With It, While Some Branches Of Islam, Hinduism, And Brahmanism May Be Especially Incompatible With It.

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