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    Charles C. Mann - Americas Before Columbus & Scientific Wizardry

    Dwarkesh Podcast · Sep 14, 2022 · 1 h 31 min
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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 aren’t any successful slave revolts * how geoengineering can help us solve climate change * why…

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