A whole bunch of big technological shocks occurred when Asian innovations - paper, gunpowder, the stirrup, the moldboard plow and so on - came to Europe via the Silk Road. Charles C. Mann asianbigbunch Change image and share on social
Compared with U.S. cities, Japanese cities bend over backward to help foreigners. The countryside is another matter. Charles C. Mann backwardbendcity Change image and share on social
The embrace of a new technology by ordinary people leads inevitably to its embrace by people of malign intent. Charles C. Mann embraceinevitablyintent Change image and share on social