6 killer apps that made the West predominate
Interesting talk from Niall Ferguson - history and business administration teacher at Harvard.
I like this quote from his bio: "If a majority of people subscribe to a particular view, it pays to question it. It pays to think: maybe this is wrong."
He may be a little right of centre. But so am I in many ways. The six killer apps?
I like this quote from his bio: "If a majority of people subscribe to a particular view, it pays to question it. It pays to think: maybe this is wrong."
He may be a little right of centre. But so am I in many ways. The six killer apps?
- Competition (vs uniformity)
- Science based on reason ( vs.theocracy)
- Property rights and the rule of law
- Consumer society
- Modern medicine
- Work ethic
