I could tear that down with a single sledge hammer over the course of a few weeks

Correct

despite only 13%

@fuguer, try building using sand.

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africans suffer from seemingly permanent high time preference, both from biological and culturual influences

commit 50%

African genes survive in Africa

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but human behavior plays a role in economy of modern nations

So what

clearly

1350

and genes play a role in human behavior

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we build most of our skyscrapers from sand.

why didn't they acquire a better building material than sand?

@Deleted User, show me what your big white IQ can come up with using sand as a building material.

They are all of it

thats not sand

mud

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brick

Europeans had to make bricks and dig for metals. Africa has a richer biodiversity and rich element diversity.

if ur not a genetic determinist ur a liberal

stone

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Sand is good enough for the African weather

Sand and shit

@BabygottBach why would I use sand as a building material? I would go 50 miles down the road to find some rock

that's mud brick, similar to adobe.

@Deleted User, what was the rock situation like in Mali?

@BabygottBach I didn't say anything about Islam or Mansa Musa being an Arab

is that a mattress?

good morning sunshine

the progenitor of the horse was not any more suitable for riding or herding purposes than the modern zebra

yet the zebra was never domesticated

the resources existed

but even the aztecs had fantastically more impressive architecture than Mali, which was the richest, peak of civilization in africa.