Simon Vandereecken ~ Nithou commented on Why the West Rules - For Now by Ian Morris
Truly interesting how we know so little of our past but also how history big events keep repeating.
« we might draw a tentative conclusion from this. that when the four horsemen of the apocalypse-climate change, fam-ine, state failure, and migration ride together, and especially when a fifth horseman of disease joins them, disruptions can turn into col-lapses, sometimes even driving social development down.»