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In 1405, Admiral Zheng set off from China with the greatest armada in history,
leading three hundred magnificent ships on a thirty year odyssey to distant lands as far afield as Africa.
Later that century, Columbus landed in the New World with three barely seaworthy boats.
Zheng’s armada, for all its grandeur, left virtually no imprint on the world
-- while Columbus changed the entire course of history. 
Why?
The Patterning Instinct provides a new answer to…

The Patterning Instinct: A History of Humanity's Search for Meaning, by Jeremy Lent
Showing how culture shapes values and values shape history, The Patterning Instinct provides a fresh perspective on crucial questions of the human story.

Interesting #Radiolab on #electricity cattle, a follow up on a #Zetland piece.
I remain a bit sceptical about the idea of stray voltage affecting cows. It seems very implausible and there are surely other factors to consider. But a quick web search gives lots of hits.
It may be a thing and it may also be a case of mass hysteria among farmers (the mobile phone towers and cancer scare also sprang to mind). And it might be a third effect. Or all three?
But I think it's going to be something we hear more of as the #GreenTransition gets going...
Radiolab: The Resistance of a Cow
Episode webpage: https://radiolab.org/podcast/the-resistance-of-a-cow