Kabloona
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I read Kabloona by Gontran de Poncins a couple decades ago and it's stuck with me ever since. I don't think I've ever seen it mentioned online before. It's high on my list of books that should be top-rated classics,…
on “Economists don't know what's going on” ↗I recently read a book (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabloona) about a "modern" (1930s) man who sought out the Eskimos to check out their way of life. They have nothing you describe -- no agriculture, no antibiotics, no farming, no electricity. (The fridge, however,…
on “Economists don't know what's going on” ↗