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Not to be confused with 2001 Nobel Peace Prize winner Kofi Annan. 54th Clause of the Magna Carta absolutist. Commentary from an NRx perspective.

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    1. Megan McArdle‏Verified account @asymmetricinfo 3 Dec 2020

      Useless but fun speculation of the day: If you were suddenly transported back to the 12th century, what useful modern inventions could you re-create, using only then-current technology, or technologies you made from then-current technology?

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    2. Covfefe Anon‏ @CovfefeAnon 3 Dec 2020
      Replying to @asymmetricinfo

      Radio transmission. Calculus and a bunch of mathematical concepts (math around probability). The concept of heating water to make steam to do work. I'd say penicillin from bread mold but don't have a command of the details.

      3 replies 0 retweets 4 likes
    3. world’s greatest bugdad‏ @bugdad666 4 Dec 2020
      Replying to @CovfefeAnon @asymmetricinfo

      Bro, coffee! How could you not mention this?

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    4. Covfefe Anon‏ @CovfefeAnon 4 Dec 2020
      Replying to @bugdad666 @asymmetricinfo

      Plant from subtropical Africa and SE Asia. An absurd number of techs needed to get to those places and not die of tropical disease.

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    5. world’s greatest bugdad‏ @bugdad666 4 Dec 2020
      Replying to @CovfefeAnon @asymmetricinfo

      I’m skeptical. I think the only reason sub Sahara wasn’t touched by conquest was that there was nothing worth looting.

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      Covfefe Anon‏ @CovfefeAnon 4 Dec 2020
      Replying to @bugdad666 @asymmetricinfo

      Malaria and yellow fever are no joke. On top of that you have hostile natives and your war making capacity only extends about a day's march away from rivers ... on your own continent. Forget it. You need centuries more technology.

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        2. world’s greatest bugdad‏ @bugdad666 4 Dec 2020
          Replying to @CovfefeAnon @asymmetricinfo

          Good point. Trade is also an option though. Plus I think even the Romans had some slaves from south of the Sahara. I think by the 12th century the disease problem could have been overcome. I mean coffee started getting popular in the 15th century, not that much later tech wise.

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        3. Covfefe Anon‏ @CovfefeAnon 4 Dec 2020
          Replying to @bugdad666 @asymmetricinfo

          >Plus I think even the Romans had some slaves from south of the Sahara Mary Beard style lies to justify the insanity of "well the Roman legions were black". No significant numbers. The coasts became accessible when sail tech and logistics tech improved.

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        2. Stone Age Herbalist‏ @Paracelsus1092 4 Dec 2020
          Replying to @CovfefeAnon @bugdad666 @asymmetricinfo

          There are almost no navigable rivers south of the Sahara, one of Africa's biggest geographic limitations. They're either all too waterfall and rock strewn or impassable from the sea.

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        3. world’s greatest bugdad‏ @bugdad666 4 Dec 2020
          Replying to @Paracelsus1092 @CovfefeAnon @asymmetricinfo

          Again, one wouldn’t have to conquer Africa to trade for coffee beans. As it happened, the Arabs were drinking coffee in the 15th cen and the euros had by the 16th. It certainly would have been possible in the 12th century.

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