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Published · transcript-backedEmily St. John Mandel: belief
8 Apr 2020 Conversations with Tyler Emily St. John Mandel on Fact, Fiction, and the Familiar
“Ancient Greece, and then, much more recently, the fall of the Berlin Wall. I think that just would have been an incredible thing to see.”
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- Emily St. John Mandel
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- 8 Apr 2020
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- Conversations with Tyler
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…Let’s say a fantasy can come true. You can go back and visit any era in world history. You’re protected from disease, so no pandemic risk, and you’re given the native language, and you spend three months there. Where would you visit? Fall of the Roman Empire? Ancient Greece? What would it be? Ancient Greece, and then, much more recently, the fall of the Berlin Wall. I think that just would have been an incredible thing to see. You wouldn’t even need three months there. Just give me a half hour of it. That would be amazing. I did actually go right after the fall of the Berlin Wall.…
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