Why the West Rules—for Now: The Patterns of History, and What They Reveal About the Future
Ian Morris
Top 10 Best Quotes
“Western civilization is essentially an amalgam of intellectual constructs which were designed to further the interests of their authors.”
“We are not going to reduce energy capture unless catastrophe forces us to—which means that the only way to avoid running out of resources, poisoning the planet, or both, will be by tapping into renewable, clean power.”
“It is not that there is no food,” one commissar insisted. “There is plenty of grain, but 90 percent of the people have ideological problems.”
“the Romans first neutralized Greek philosophy, then turned Christianity into a prop for their empire.”
“What all this adds up to is the conclusion that Western rule by 2000 was neither a long-term lock-in nor a short-term accident. It was more of a long-term probability. It”
“The great question for our times is not whether the West will continue to rule. It is whether humanity as a whole will break through to an entirely new kind of existence before disaster strikes us down—permanently.”
“Success creates new problems; solving them creates still newer problems. Life, as they say, is a vale of tears.”
“Politicians and advertisers have turned misleading us with statistics into a fine art. Already”
“Piracy paid: Drake’s backers realized a 4,700 percent return on their investment, and using just three-quarters of her share Queen Elizabeth cleared England’s entire foreign debt.”
“One grave of around 6000 BCE held an eight-hole flute, capable of playing any modern melody.”
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