Century
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It's probably as unlikely that you would nowadays become as rich and famous as Bill Gates, as it was unlikely in the 17th
century
that you would accede to the ranks of the French aristocracy.
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It dates back at least 200 years, to Galvani's famous experiments in the late 18th
century
and beyond.
So around the turn of the last century, I started to think, "Wouldn't it be wonderful if one could take this logic and turn it upside down?"
2010: Statistics about Native population today, more than a
century
after the massacre at Wounded Knee, reveal the legacy of colonization, forced migration and treaty violations.
By the middle of the 19th century, it's in full flower.
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