This is also the narrow band discussed throughout "Guns, Germs, and Steel."https://twitter.com/JeromeRoos/status/1236729011889418246 …
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The thesis of the book is that info, tech, and people move laterally quite easily because of the climate band.
That book is intellectually fraudulent and ignored mountains of basic research. But that's another story.
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I know. I was told I would hate it. I just thought it suffered from excessive fluff and bloat. I could have written it.
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NOt quite as bad as his crappy Easter Island eco-catastophe fairy tale, though. "Plagues & Peoples" by William H MacNeill, much more rewarding, in any case
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A story I would like to hear... any good source for the counterclaims?
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