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    Cover of Numbers Don't Lie

    Numbers Don't Lie

    Vaclav Smil · 2020

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    Stats for nerds
    2recommend
    2mentions
    2people
    2022–2023years
    100% recommend

    Mentions per year

    20222023

    What Hacker News says

    1. slothtropApr 2023
      Vaclav Smil - How the World Really Works, and Numbers Don't Lie.
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    2. BirAdamDec 2022
      I've been reading the Foundation series, and it's quite good.

      Aside from that:

      "The New Right" by Michael Malice

      "The Storm Before the Storm" by Mike Duncan

      "The Anglo-American Establishment" by Carroll Quigley

      "Numbers Don't Lie" by Vaclav Smil

      Books that weren't good:

      "A Short History of Man" by Hans-Herman Hopper

      "The Singularity is Near" by Ray Kurzweil

      "After Evangelicalism" by David P. Gushee

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