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Six killer applications let a Western minority dominate the world for some 500 years
Drawn from what Niall Ferguson said
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- Niall Ferguson Scottish-American historian
these were the six killer applications - the killer apps - that allowed a minority of mankind originating on the western edge of Eurasia to dominate the world for the better part of 500 years.
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↗Civilization: The West and the Rest (The Penguin Press, 2011)archive.org
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