Civilization (Niall Ferguson)
Also known as Civilization: The West and the Rest
A work by Niall Ferguson, first published in 2011
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The biggest threat to Western civilization is its own pusillanimity and historical ignorance, Six killer applications let a Western minority dominate the world for some 500 years, The West had a real and sustained edge over the Rest for most of 500 years
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What korrents draws from it
korrents’ reading of claims quoted word for word from the book; each opens the quote and where it sits.
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The biggest threat to Western civilization is its own pusillanimity and historical ignorance (opens korrents.com)1
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Six killer applications let a Western minority dominate the world for some 500 years (opens korrents.com)1
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The West had a real and sustained edge over the Rest for most of 500 years (opens korrents.com)1
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