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Catastrophe, Technology, Limits, and Localism

Catastrophe, Technology, Limits, and Localism Charles C. Mann’s The Wizard and the Prophet, published earlier this year, is a fabulous book. Not a perfect book; sometimes, in order to bulk up this two-pronged thesis, he will throw in supplementary material that threatens to bog down his central investigation. But that investigation comes through loud and […]

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A fascinating, flawed look at limits

A fascinating, flawed look at limits A review of The Wizard and The Prophet Charles C. Mann has written consecutive bestsellers of popular history writ large. His 1491 surveyed the civilizations of the pre-Columbian Americas, while 1493 looked at how post-Columbian America has affected the whole world. The Wizard and the Prophet, by Charles C. […]

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