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In Why the West Rules - For Now Ian Morris argues that to understand the development of East and West, we need to look beyond ''long-term lock-in'' theories (that suggest it was inevitable) and ''short-term accident'' theories. Instead, we need to measure social development - a group''s ability to master its environment to get things done - and use the results to look at the patterns of history.Wh...
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In Why the West Rules - For Now Ian Morris argues that to understand the development of East and West, we need to look beyond ''long-term lock-in'' theories (that suggest it was inevitable) and ''short-term accident'' theories. Instead, we need to measure social development - a group''s ability to master its environment to get things done - and use the results to look at the patterns of history.Wh...
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