manvir singh
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“Guns, Germs, & Steel” starts with a New Guinean named Yali asking why Europeans have so much more 'cargo' than New Guineans. Yali comes across as a curious local. But
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People often assume that hunter-gatherers only lived in nomadic, egalitarian bands. But throughout history, HGs built societies as complex & stratified as those of many agriculturalists. My new favorite example
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Grand narratives of history often center on interactions among ideas, polities, & Great Individuals (esp. Great Men). But one of the important & overlooked actors is disease! Here are some
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