文明
Civilization
Niall Ferguson · 初版 2011 年
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究竟是西欧文明的什么特质，让它能够战胜表面上更为优越的东方帝国？Niall Ferguson 认为，答案在于西方开发了世界其他地区所缺乏的六大“killer applications”：competition、science、democracy、medicine、consumerism 以及 work ethic。当下的关键问题在于，西方是否已经失去了对这六大要素的垄断。如果是这样，Ferguson 警告说，我们可能正在亲历西方优势地位的终结。
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……以无数种不同的方式，深刻影响了现代世界。真希望我对数学史了解得更多一些，好更有力地反驳你。我还强烈建议你读读这本书：http://www.amazon.co.uk/Civilization-Killer-Apps-Western-Pow... 它展示了在15世纪时，欧洲还是个饱受疾病与战争折磨的穷乡僻壤烂地方，而像中国、阿拉伯这样的其他文明远比它更……
…to the modern world, in countless different ways. I wish I knew more about the history of mathematics to counter you more forcefully. I would also urge you to read this book: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Civilization-Killer-Apps-Western-Pow... It shows how that in the 15th century, Europe was a shithole backwater, plagued by diseases and wars, and other civilisations like the Chinese and Arabic ones were far more…
……其他差异。所以，尽管美洲刚建立那会儿大家走向相似结局的潜力都是存在的，但它们后来的发展轨迹却大相径庭。补充：我推荐读读 Niall Ferguson 写的《Civilization》。
…other differences. So although the potential for similar outcomes was there at the start when the Americas was being founded, they set off on wildly different trajectories. Edit: I'd recommend reading Civilization by Niall Ferguson.
……《Why the West Rules—For Now》，但我看了一下它的维基页面，感觉完全就是在炒《枪炮、病菌与钢铁》的冷饭？这个书名倒是让我想起了《文明：西方与其余世界》（The West and the Rest），非常棒的书：https://www.amazon.ca/Civilization-West-Rest-Niall-Ferguson/...
…West Rules for Now, but just looking at its wiki page, it looks to be a complete rehash of Guns, Germs and Steel? The title made me think of The West and the Rest, excellent book: https://www.amazon.ca/Civilization-West-Rest-Niall-Ferguson/...
我现在在想，跟这完全相反的会是什么样？那些完全反直觉、逼着你从根本上反思自己原有世界观（Weltanschaunng）的书——我脑海里浮现出 Niall Ferguson 的《文明：西方与其余世界》和 Nassim Taleb 的《反脆弱：从不确定性中获益》。哪怕重读一下亚当·斯密的《国富论》，也能带给你这种反直觉的洞见。
I'm trying to think now what would be the opposite of this? Books that are completely counter-intuitive, that forces you to rethink your original Weltanschaunng in the first place - Niall Ferguson's "Civilization: The West and the Rest" and Nassim Taleb's "AntiFragile: Things that Gain from Disorder" comes to mind. Even rereading Adam Smith's "The Wealth of Nations" can give you this counter-intuitive insight.
……启蒙运动时期的朋友们认识到了这一点，而任何试图这么做的人都遭遇了惨痛而血腥的失败。1: http://www.ted.com/talks/niall_ferguson_the_6_killer_apps_of... 2: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Civilization-Ways-West-Beat-Rest/dp/...
…enlightenment friends realized this, and anyone who's tried to do this has failed miserably and bloodily. 1: http://www.ted.com/talks/niall_ferguson_the_6_killer_apps_of... 2: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Civilization-Ways-West-Beat-Rest/dp/...
最近刚读完 Niall Ferguson 写的《文明：西方与其余世界》。Ferguson 认为，竞争、科学、法治、现代医学、消费主义以及西方新教的工作伦理，让西方取得了“领先”……
Recently finished “Civilization: The West and the Rest” by Niall Ferguson. Ferguson argues that competition, science, the rule of law, modern medicine, consumerism, and western-Protestant work ethic allowed the West to make “advancements”…