Jaime Davila, a native to Mexico, earned an engineering degree in the US and went on to achieve a successful career in broadcasting. He eventually led operations at Mexico’s largest media company. He is now the author of the new book, Forgotten: How One Man Unlocked the Modern World.In this interview, Peter Clarke and Jaime discuss the story of a long-forgotten Dutchman who created a wind-powered sawmill. This invention was not only the first industrial machine, it was central to the shipbuilding in Europe that led to the rise of European superpowers.

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