Charles C. Mann - Americas Before Columbus & Scientific Wizardry

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Charles C. Mann is the author of three of my favorite history books: 1491. 1493, and The Wizard and the Prophet. We discuss: * why Native American civilizations collapsed and why they failed to make more technological progress * why he disagrees with Will MacAskill about longtermism * why there…

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• T2Charles C. Mann - Americas Before Columbus & Scientific WizardryPodcasts: Practical AI / TWIML / No Priors / Dwarkesh14 Sept 2022, 09:38