Residents of an apartment block in central Nice fear they could be facing homelessness after they were ordered to leave their property because of a major safety risk. Gendarmes are taking witness statements to determine the exact circumstances of what happened.
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The driver of the car was slightly injured and taken to hospital in Grasse. The mayor of Saint-Cezaire-sur-Siagne himself happened to be passing at the time and stopped to give the victim first aid until paramedics arrived. The incident happened at about 8.30am on the road from Saint-Cezaire-sur-Siagne to Grasse, on the approach to the town of Tignet. According to initial reports, the biker was knocked off his bike by a car heading in the opposite direction, which had swerved to overtake a scooter. It's a great alternative history book.Contact Michael Zingraf Cannes CalifornieĬontact Michael Zingraf St Jean Cap FerratĬontact Michael Zingraf St Remy de provenceĪ 20-year-old motorcyclist has died in a crash in the hills above Grasse this morning. There's a wonderful book by Laurent Binet called Civilizations that, in fact, does just that. He imagines that some of the Vikings came and extended further into North America, bringing all these diseases, and by the time of Coluīut if you wanted to, it's possible to imagine alternative histories. When people from Eurasia and the Western Hemisphere meet, there are going to be those kinds of diseases.īut if you wanted to, it's possible to imagine alternative histories. Most of the great killers in human history are zoonotic diseases. This leads almost inevitably to the creation of zoonotic diseases: diseases that start off in animals and jump the species barrier and become human diseases. I mean, how could that not happen, right? There was a huge epidemiological disparity between the two hemispheres––largely because by a quirk of evolutionary history, there were many more domesticable animals in Eurasia and the Eastern hemisphere.
It was pretty clear that at some point, people from Eurasia and the Western Hemisphere were going to come into contact with each other. Well, I think that some of it was baked into the cake. So how much of all this was just bound to happen? If Columbus hadn't done it, then maybe 50 years down the line, would someone from Italy have done it? What is the contingency here? Plus, because of malaria, there were going to be shortages in labor that people would try to fix with African slaves. Considering disparities and where they would survive, if the Acemoglu theory that you cited is correct, then some of these places were bound to have good institutions and some of them were bound to have bad institutions. My first question is: How much of the New World was basically baked into the cake? So at some point, people from Eurasia were going to travel to the New World, bringing their diseases. 1493: Uncovering the New World Columbus Created, and The Wizard and the Prophet: Two Remarkable Scientists and Their Dueling Visions to Shape Tomorrow's World. Okay! Today I have the pleasure of speaking with Charles Mann, who is the author of three of my favorite books, including 1491: New Revelations of America before Columbus. (1:07:19) - In Defense of Regulatory Delays (0:43:24) - Critiques of Civilization Collapse Theories (0:31:15) - Technological Stupidity in the New World (0:25:20) - Gender Ratios and Silicon Valley (0:00:00) -Epidemically Alternate Realities If you enjoyed this episode, you may also enjoy my interviews of Will MacAskill (about longtermism), Steve Hsu (about intelligence and embryo selection), and David Deutsch (about AI and the problems with America’s constitution). Some really cool guests coming up, subscribe to find out about future episodes!įollow me on Twitter for updates on future episodes. Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or any other podcast platform. * why Bitcoin is like the Chinese Silver Trade * how geoengineering can help us solve climate change * why there aren’t any successful slave revolts * why he disagrees with Will MacAskill about longtermism * why Native American civilizations collapsed and why they failed to make more technological progress
Mann is the author of three of my favorite history books: 1491.
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