Dwarkesh Podcast
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 aren’t any successful slave revolts
* how geoengineering can help us solve climate change
* why Bitcoin is like the Chinese Silver Trade
* and much much more!
Timestamps
() -Epidemically Alternate Realities
() -Weak Points in Empires
() -Slave Revolts
() -Slavery Ban
() - Contingency & The Pyramids
() - Teotihuacan
() - New Book Thesis
() - Gender Ratios and Silicon Valley
() - Technological Stupidity in the New World
() - Religious Demoralization
() - Critiques of Civilization Collapse Theories
() - Virginia Company + Hubris
() - China’s Silver Trade
() - Wizards vs. Prophets
() - In Defense of Regulatory Delays
() -Geoengineering
() -Finding New Wizards
() -Agroforestry is Underrated
() -Longtermism & Free Markets
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