Civilization
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On ‘The Dawn of Everything’ and the Future.
If farmers lived in miserable societies, how did they conquer the world?
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On the historical interpretations deathmatch: Sid Meier’s ‘Civilization 2’ versus Yuval Noah Harari’s ‘Sapiens.’
How do you pick the all-time list of video games? And what does the list tell us about humanity?
Frank Brown Cloud 