Energy, Chips, War-Making Capacity, and Taiwan
Mapping today's issues onto Ian Morris' development index of East vs West
The Setup:
Today we build on one of our previous posts, “Why The West Rules — For Now”, where we commented on historian Ian Morris’ social development index of East vs West that he constructed and tracked across time from 15,000 BC.
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