H.I. #56: Guns, Germs, and Steel

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CGP Grey

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4.8 • 9.5K Ratings

🗓️ 29 January 2016

⏱️ 122 minutes

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Summary

Brady & Grey discuss: Brady goes to the doctor (or doesn't), Corporate Compensation Corner massage edition, arguments about Guns, Germs and Steel and a theory of history, breaking news about the New Zealand flag referendum, and thoughts on Making a Murderer.

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Show Notes

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Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies, by Jared Diamond

Brady and Grey discuss Getting Things Done

What a pulse is

Grey: Americapox

/r/badhistory on Guns, Germs, and Steel

Moneyball, by Michael Lewis

Foundation, by Isaac Asimov

Triumph of the City, by Edward Glaeser

New Zealand flag referendum results

New Zealand flag referendum voting breakdown

Making a Murder first episode on YouTube

Transcript

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0:00.0	Look at that posh glass you're drinking water from.
0:02.2	You are posh's cushions man.
0:03.8	Look at you, you look like a millionaire.
0:05.6	Why?
0:06.9	Because I'm drinking water out of a one glass.
0:09.6	Yeah.
0:11.7	This is what millionaire's do, Brady.
0:13.3	They drink water out of wine glasses.
0:15.2	In Myanmar, look at me with my 20% bigger Pepsi's ready to go.
0:20.8	You sound impatient and we haven't even started.
0:22.6	It's all in your mind, Brady.
0:24.2	I have nothing but an infinite well of patience for you, my friend.
0:30.4	Inferno well of patience.
0:32.7	You are quite a patient guy, I'll give you that.
0:34.4	Yeah.
0:35.2	For you.
0:35.6	For you.
0:36.4	No, I think you are a more patient person than me in general.
0:40.2	You have to be gentle with me today because I have been very sick for the last week and a half.
0:43.9	Sick with what?
0:45.0	Somewhat appropriate because I think we're going to be talking about plagues and poxes later on.
0:49.7	I am very full of plague and poxes today.
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