Jared Diamond in New Guinea
Photograph courtesy NGT&F

Note: Dr. Diamond's 7:30 presentation has sold out. An additional presentation has been scheduled for 4:30. Unfortunately, parking will not be available in our garage for people attending the earlier presentation.

Pulitzer Prize-winning author—and National Geographic explorer-in-residence—Jared Diamond is famous for tackling questions of broad historical sweep that also speak directly to contemporary concerns. His best-selling books, Guns, Germs, and Steel and Collapse, dealt with the origins of human inequality and the reasons some societies fail. In this talk, the distinguished scientist and geographer takes on the subject of why individuals, and entire societies, do or don’t reappraise their values as conditions change.

Discover why individuals struggle to find new values during times of personal crisis, or during times of slow personal change. Then learn why this issue takes on increased urgency in the United States as the country struggles with core values such as consumerism, individualism, and isolationism in an increasingly globalized world.

The Grosvenor Auditorium National Geographic Society Headquarters 1600 M Street, NW Washington, D.C. 20036 +1 202 857 7700

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