Is guns germs and steel still relevant?

by Tchoup15

Hi reddit,

Many moons ago, my big sister read guns germs and steel for AP History and thought it was an incredible historic lens. My attempts to read it went.....poorly. But now I have the power of extra audible tokens, a dog that needs to be walked a few hours a day, and a sub par base for my knowledge of world history. I'm thinking of tackling it again as an audiobook - how well did it age in the last 15 ish years and is it still relevant?

Thanks!

TheCatcherOfThePie

u/CommodoreCoCo wrote a post in the sub's FAQ about GGS.

TL;DR Historians didn't think much of it to begin with, so it hasn't "aged badly" in the sense of becoming less respected over time, but only because the starting point was so low.

Tchoup15

Ya'll have just been great!