Why The West Rules – For Now
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What’s it about?
Why does the West dominate the globe? Ian Morris argues it's not culture or race, but geography and the relentless logic of social development—and that the East is poised to overtake it.
You’ll learn
- History is driven by geography, not destiny
- Social development is measured by energy, cities, war, and info
- The West's luck: Americas and coal deposits
- The East is set to overtake the West this century