Civilization: The West and the Rest by Niall Ferguson

Civilization: The West and the Rest by Niall FergusonWestern civilizations rise to global dominance is the single most important historical phenomenon of the past five centuries. How did the West overtake its Eastern rivals? And has the zenith of Western power now passed? Acclaimed historian Niall Ferguson argues that beginning in the fifteenth century, the West developed six powerful new concepts, or killer applicationscompetition, science, the rule of law, modern medicine, consumerism, and the work

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Multiplicity

economic and social complexities

William Lowell Kane and Abel Rosnovski

Filled with in-the-field stories

The three heroes are archetypes who represent us all at various points in our lives

world wide bestseller appeared fifteen  years ago and made book publishing history

Nations are not trapped by their pasts

But now there's a new enemy

we spend nearly half our day repeating things we've done in the past without thinking about them

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put on wild theatricals