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There is an interesting documentary series by Naill Ferguson on this subject. In his series he discuses the "6 killer applications" that made the West dominate

by pan69 10y ago

There is an interesting documentary series by Naill Ferguson on this subject. In his series he discuses the "6 killer applications" that made the West dominate the rest: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wR6SFLhD32Q https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wR6SFLhD32Q

vyodaiken 10y ago
Seriously, Naill Ferguson is a poor historian. https://global.oup.com/academic/product/before-european-hegemony-9780195067743?cc=us&lang=en& https://global.oup.com/academic/product/before-european-hege... also http://piketty.pse.ens.fr/files/Pomeranz2000.pdf http://piketty.pse.ens.fr/files/Pomeranz2000.pdf