# Collapse by Jared Diamond

2 Hacker News commenters recommended Collapse by Jared Diamond and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 2 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** People recommend it for a walk through a variety of past societies that went through collapse, and say it is worth reading.

## Why people recommend it

- Walks through many past societal collapses (1 comments): "It walks through a variety of past examples of human societies that went through this." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48413980))
- Strongly recommended as a read (1 comments): "You should definitely read the book." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49141881))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [The Cuckoo's Egg by Cliff Stoll](https://hackerapproved.com/p/cuckoo-s-egg.md): 40 recommend
- [Amusing Ourselves to Death by Neil Postman](https://hackerapproved.com/p/amusing-ourselves-to-death.md): 36 recommend
- [The Anxious Generation by Jonathan Haidt](https://hackerapproved.com/p/anxious-generation.md): 24 recommend
- [Bullshit Jobs by David Graeber](https://hackerapproved.com/p/bullshit-jobs.md): 20 recommend
- [Enshittification by Cory Doctorow](https://hackerapproved.com/p/enshittification.md): 19 recommend

## Where to get it

- [See price on Amazon](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Collapse%3A+How+Societies+Choose+to+Fail+or+Succeed+by+Jared+Diamond&tag=hackerapprove-20) (affiliate link)

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Collapse by Jared Diamond", https://hackerapproved.com/p/collapse-how-societies-choose-to-fail-or-succeed/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).