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Why The West Rules – For Now
Ian Morris's 'Why The West Rules – For Now' challenges narratives of cultural superiority, arguing that global power shifts are driven by measurable social development, not destiny. This episode unpacks how geography and innovation propelled the West's recent, temporary ascendancy, and why history suggests power is always fluid.
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“Ian Morris's 'Why The West Rules – For Now' challenges narratives of cultural superiority, arguing that global power shifts are driven by measurable social development, not destiny. This episode unpacks how geography and innovation propelled the West's recent, temporary ascendancy, and why history suggests power is always fluid.”
— Ian Morris, Why The West Rules – For Now
global power shifts, civilizational history, social development
Best suited to listeners who want a clearer working understanding of global power shifts, civilizational history, social development and better judgment in how they apply it.
Ian Morris brings a credible and useful lens to global power shifts, civilizational history, social development, with enough subject command to make the book worth hearing.