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The Impact of Individual Leaders on History
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0:53
Duration: 1:00
The Fragility of Civilization
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3:42
Duration: 0:51
The 5 Factors of World-Changing Leaders
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6:16
Duration: 2:44
Why Certain Religions Became Global Powers
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10:22
Duration: 1:59
The Strategic Success of Christianity: St. Paul as the Ultimate Organizer
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11:30
Duration: 0:54
Why Early Christians Outlasted Pagans
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20:43
Duration: 1:34
The Appeal of a Strong Belief System
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23:46
Duration: 0:42
Why Strong Belief Systems Are Universally Attractive
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23:46
Duration: 1:45
Can One Individual Change the Course of History?
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26:17
Duration: 1:26
The Strategic Logic Behind Amazon's Start with Books
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31:58
Duration: 1:18
The Inevitability of the Everything Store
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35:09
Duration: 0:30
The Ruthlessness of Shareholder Obligations
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35:39
Duration: 0:43
Steve Jobs and the Power of Fewer Products
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38:41
Duration: 0:33
The Genius Who Couldn't Find the Volume Button
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39:48
Duration: 0:44
The Secret of the Gallbladder: Success Through Simplicity
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43:07
Duration: 1:06
Writing Best-Sellers by Hand
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44:46
Duration: 0:33
Why Writing by Hand Changes Your Prose
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48:33
Duration: 1:14
The 'Invisible Idiot' Translation Fail
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52:58
Duration: 0:47
The Lost Meaning of 'The Word'
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54:50
Duration: 0:54
Learning to Type with the Chickenpox
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47:12
Duration: 0:38
Why Perfect Translation is Impossible
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57:13
Duration: 2:09
The Danger of Tonal Languages: Mother-in-Law or Feces?
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1:07:30
Duration: 2:12
The Evolution of Writing: From Cuneiform to the Modern Alphabet
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1:10:14
Duration: 3:02
Why Korean is the World's Best Writing System
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1:13:30
Duration: 1:20
Sequoyah and the Invention of the Cherokee Syllabary
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1:18:52
Duration: 1:45
The Independent Invention of Writing Systems
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1:21:35
Duration: 2:08
Why Ancient Greece Became Illiterate for Centuries
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1:23:55
Duration: 2:55
King Sejong and the Invention of Hangul
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1:30:38
Duration: 1:29
How Nations Create Identity: Drafts vs. Language
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1:32:24
Duration: 2:18
How National Armies and Schools Created the Italian Language
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1:33:51
Duration: 1:03
Lost in Translation: When English and German Dialects Were Incomprehensible
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1:35:08
Duration: 2:19
The 'Sexual Experience' of Speaking a New Language
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1:38:55
Duration: 1:24
The 'Four Channel' Limit of the Human Brain
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1:43:02
Duration: 1:34
How Children Spontaneously Invented Full Languages
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1:45:41
Duration: 3:12
The Duty of Endocannibalism in New Guinea
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1:54:11
Duration: 2:50
Explaining Thermodynamics in 'Talk Pigeon'
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1:51:07
Duration: 2:01
The Mystery of Kuru: The Disease That Only Affected the Fore People
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1:59:33
Duration: 1:21
Why Cooking Won't Save You From Prion Diseases
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2:01:02
Duration: 0:55
Shocking Funeral Rites of the New Guinea Highlands
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1:57:48
Duration: 0:45
The Mysterious Disappearance of Michael Rockefeller
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2:09:13
Duration: 2:22
The Relativity of Cultural 'Disgust'
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2:12:28
Duration: 2:49
Why New Guinean Tribesmen Hated Ice Cream
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2:18:23
Duration: 1:12
How Botswana Became One of Africa's Richest Nations
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2:22:12
Duration: 2:17
The President with a Pocket Full of Grasshoppers
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2:20:30
Duration: 1:38