Risk Takers and Law Breakers
A Story About the Seeding of a Nation and the Decay of the Supplier Over 300 YearsBy KW Smith
Length2h 56m
About this audiobook
America was systematically seeded with Europe's most adventurous, innovative, and independent-minded citizens through both forced transportation (convicts) and voluntary migration. This created a population with higher average risk tolerance, individualism, and comfort with disruption. Meanwhile, Europe retained more of those who valued security, stability, and social harmony. This "great sorting" of human temperament through migration helped shape the distinctive cultural, economic, and political characteristics of both regions.
Audiobook details
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GenrePsychology, History
Length2 hrs 56 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateMay 22, 2025
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Risk takers and Law Breakers: A Story About the Seeding of a Nation and the Decay of the Supplier Over 300 Years
2Chapter 1: The Great Removal
3Chapter 2: His Majesty's Seven-Year Passengers
4Chapter 3: The Willing Exiles
5Chapter 4: Selection Bias: Who Left and Who Stayed
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6Chapter 5: The Cost of Exodus
7Chapter 6: American Crucible: How Outlaws Built a Nation
8Chapter 7: The Conformist Continent
9Chapter 8: The Brain Drain Continues
10Chapter 9: Risk vs. Regulation: Modern Economic Disparities
11Chapter 10: The Innovation Divide
12Chapter 11: Cultural Echoes: From the Mayflower to Musk
13Chapter 12: Rebalancing the Atlantic: The Future of Transatlantic Relations
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