What Jared Diamond has said about Botswana
2 quotes · 1 episode · Sep 3, 2026
Jared Diamond, American geographer, historian and author of "Guns, Germs, and Steel" and "Profits, Prophets, Coaches, and Kings", has been quoted on Botswana 2 times in 1 episode of The Joe Rogan Experience, most recently on September 3, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.
In their words
Diamond argues Seretse Khama was uniquely positioned to abolish the power of Botswana's chiefs because he was himself the most powerful chief.
“he was the only person in Botswana who could have abolished the power of the chiefs because he was the most powerful chief”
The Joe Rogan Experience: #2549 - Jared Diamond (Sep 3, 2026) · Listen from 2:23:04
Diamond says Khama nationalized all underground resources so diamonds found on his own tribe's land benefited the whole nation.
“Soretse Kama proclaimed that all underground resources in Botswana, wherever they are, are the property of the Botswana nation, not of the individual tribe”
The Joe Rogan Experience: #2549 - Jared Diamond (Sep 3, 2026) · Listen from 2:22:17
Episodes
#2549 - Jared DiamondThe Joe Rogan Experience · Sep 3, 2026 · 2 h 34 min
Jared Diamond talks with Joe Rogan about leadership, the rise of world religions, the origins of writing, language, and cannibalism and Kuru in New Guinea.