The Knowledge with David Elikwu 106. The Secret Weapons of Colonialism with Charles C. Mann
David speaks with Charles C. Mann, a journalist and author, specializing in scientific topics. He is the author of the bestselling books 1491, which won the National Academies Communication Award for Best Book of the Year, 1493, and The Wizard and the Prophet. He is the co-author of four books, and contributing editor for Science, The Atlantic Monthly, and Wired.
They talked about:
📚 The Columbian Exchange
🌎 How European diseases conquered the New World
🌾 How crops fuelled human conquest
♻️ Environmental limits and human innovation
🌱 The fragility of ecosystems
🌐 The future of sustainability
📜 Full transcript:
theknowledge.io/charlescmann-1/
📹 Watch on Youtube:
🗣 Mentioned in the show:
1491 | https://amzn.to/3mI7Ti6
1493 | https://amzn.to/3mN9Aur
The Wizard and the Prophet | https://amzn.to/3KOuvFL
Alfred W. Crosby | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_W._Crosby
The Columbian Exchange | https://amzn.to/3XJq9HN
Zoonotic Diseases | https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/zoonoses
COVID-19 | https://theknowledge.io/issue7/
Moros y cristianos | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moros_y_cristianos
Russell Thornton | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell_Thornton
Morgan Housel | https://www.morganhousel.com/
The Psychology of Money | https://amzn.to/3RQzWYN
Adolf Hitler | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolf_Hitler
Karl Marx | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Marx
African time | https://theknowledge.io/issue25/
Yaqui | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yaqui
Fernand Braudel | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fernand_Braudel
Daniel Defoe | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Defoe
List of deadliest floods | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_deadliest_floods
Boxer Rebellion | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boxer_Rebellion
Taiping Rebellion | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiping_Rebellion
Norman Borlaug | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Borlaug
Green Revolution | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Revolution
Stem rust | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stem_rust
William Vogt | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Vogt
Paul Ehrlich | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Ehrlich
Road to Survival | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Road_to_Survival
Genetically modified organism | https://www.fda.gov/food/agricultural-biotechnology/gmo-crops-animal-food-and-beyond
Jethro Tull | http://jethrotull.com/
👤Connect with Charles:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/CharlesCMann
Books:
1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus | https://amzn.to/3mI7Ti6
1493: How Europe's Discovery of the Americas Revolutionized Trade, Ecology and Life on Earth | https://amzn.to/3mN9Aur
The Wizard and the Prophet: Science and the Future of Our Planet | https://amzn.to/3KOuvFL
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