Charles C. Mann quote

Seoul and Shanghai, Jaipur and Jakarta; shining skyscrapers, pricey hotels, traffic-jammed streets ablaze with neon - all were built atop a foundation of laboratory-bred rice.
Charles C. Mann
Charles C. Mann
Born: 1955

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