Jared Diamond on Leaders, Luck, and Irreplaceability

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Sep 9, 202652:19Society & Culture

Is leadership overrated? That's one simple reading of what Jared Diamond argues in his new book . Asked by Tyler to name the least replaceable leader in human history, Jared declines to name one — not Christ, the Roman E...

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