83 mins watch time
Posted January 2021
Culture, Politics
Like the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand in 1914, or the ascent of Adolph Hitler in 1933, the COVID pandemic will be remembered as a moment that shifted the course of history. In this talk, award-winning anthropologist and National Geographic explorer-in-residence Wade Davis will tell the story of the nation’s astonishing rise to the status of global superpower.