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Review of “Guns, Germs, and Steel” (J. Diamond)

While trawling through my computer archives, I stumbled across this book review of Jared Diamond’s “Guns, Germs, and Steel” from five years ago. Overall, it’s a great book, better than his follow-up “Collapse”, which is also interesting – especially in … Continue reading

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Preparing for the Pandemic

Unless you’ve been living under a rock the past few days, you will know the world is facing a possible swine flu pandemic originating from Mexico. As I write this, on the evening of April 27 California time, there are … Continue reading

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