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Tools of Titans
Timothy Ferriss
Between the years 3500 BC and 3000 BC, some unknown Sumerian geniuses invented a system for storing and processing information outside their brains, one that was custom-built to handle large amounts of mathematical data. The Sumerians thereby released their social order from the limitations of the human brain, opening the way for the appearance of cities, kingdoms and empires. The data-processing system invented by the Sumerians is called ‘writing’.
Sapiens
Yuval Noah Harari
Genuine free trade in services would require free movement of labour around the world, so that any service could be performed where it was required. However not even neo-liberal economists want to let labour migrate at will. Evangelists of the free market do not really believe in free trade when it comes to unrestricted movement of people, and nor do rich country governments.
How Asia Works
Joe Studwell
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