A review by fabrice44
Why the West Rules—for Now: The Patterns of History, and What They Reveal About the Future by Ian Morris

5.0

This book is part of the series to satisfy my craving in history. I've read guns germs and steel and Carnage and culture before. I'm glad I read them in that order. All of those books are good but the thesis of this one gives an excellent wrap up. The book main thread goes around the social development index. The author compared the east index vs the west index and explain the difference. I found this method very sharp. I didn't enjoy the part about the future story ( although the author got bonus points by quoting Asimov). It was not enough for me to remove a start and this book deserve a solid 5.