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Civilization: The West and the Rest

Niall Ferguson, the current partner of Ayaan Hirsi Ali and father of her expected child, has written a new book about the reasons why the west rules the rest for the last 400 years. He identified 6 reasons, which he calls killer apps (a software metaphor that everybody understands, as he hopes):

As an adherent of virtual history [see his book], he compares the West with the most likely winner of the time. To illustrate how the killer apps were an advantage, he compares the West

Channel 4 created a six part series based on the book.

Interesting analysis and sharp definition of the “killer apps”. Very insightful series, with a remaining question: is “ruling the world” still possible or even desirable in our time?

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