#4 The Tasty Rock that Changed the World (Salt: A World History)
Release Date: 08/11/2023
How Buddhism Could Change Your Life (The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying)
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An Incredible Future is Coming (Where is My Flying Car by J Storrs Hall)
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Truth, Technology, and Building the Future (Anthology of Balaji by Eric Jorgenson)
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How to Predict the Future (Same as Ever by Morgan Housel)
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The Freedom Trap (Freedom by Sebastian Junger)
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How to End Cravings and Stop Bad Habits (Scarcity Brain by Michael Easter)
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#14 Unlock Your Inner Genius (Self-Reliance by Ralph Waldo Emerson)
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#13 Write Better Today (On Writing by Stephen King)
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#12 The Communist Manifesto
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#11 Creating Your Life's Work (The War of Art & Turning Pro by Steven Pressfield)
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Timestamps
(02:15) Why a Book About Salt?
(04:50) Why Civilization Depended on Salt
(07:15) Salt and Fertility
(09:18) Ancient China
(11:02) Ancient Egypt
(13:39) Salt’s Impact on Early Trade Routes
(15:25) Ancient Rome
(17:43) Venice’s Salt Monopoly
(24:00) The Hanseatic League
(29:12) Early American Civilizations
(32:59) North American Colonies & Revolution
(37:15) The French Revolution
(39:13) The American Civil War
(41:27) Salt’s Impact on Energy
(43:46) The Decline of Salt
(44:31) Is Salt Healthy?
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