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179. Niall Ferguson — Doom: The Politics of Catastrophe

The Michael Shermer Show

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The Great Degeneration

In your book, civilization, you talked about the wests six killer aps. Do we need any new killer aps? Or any of those killer aps tot as important any more or what ar your thoughts on that? I didn't include democracy because i think for the development of the west, the rule of law mattered a lot more. But there can never be a full suite of killer applications as long as the communist party runs china.

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