Carolina QuotesThis is what I did in... Ages of Discord, I looked at more than 200 years of American history... an aggregated measure of well being... the blue curve has gone through two cycles, and the red curve is a measure of instability...
Peter Turchin Connected to the Carolinas
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- work
- Human environment across time (2023)
- year
- 2023
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“This is what I did in... Ages of Discord, I looked at more t…” Peter Turchin. Carolina Quotes, record CQ-9D425DE092. https://carolinaquotes.com/quote/9d425de092
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