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Why Some Diseases Only Traveled One Direction
CGP Grey · Nov 23, 2015 · 12m 8s
What this video covers
CGP Grey explains why European diseases devastated the Americas while few deadly diseases traveled the other way. He ties it to livestock domestication, dense cities, and the ideas of Guns, Germs and Steel.
Why it surfaced in Hacker News
HN commenters point to it as a clear, short explanation of one-directional disease spread and the core argument of Guns, Germs, and Steel.
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Recommendation context
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