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Such technologies were still at their infancy in 1991 but there have been bold and sensible predictions that such technological... Read More
The book starts off with the wisdom of the ancients including those in egypt india china mesopotamia aztec and inca
There are many examples of attempts to improve the quality of mankind by scientists sociologists and politicians
This is what makes this book different from any other historytype reference book in that equality is the ultimate measure of advancement
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Everynight i am in a diferent period of time and i feel like i am living it
Also in my opinion theres just too much capitalism in the usa
That most people living in the western world hold come from western civilization
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western, human, written, good and many. - Our engine has profiled the reviewer patterns and has determined that there is minimal deception involved.
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- Our engine has discovered that over 90% high quality reviews are present.
- This product had a total of 144 reviews as of our last analysis date on Jan 18 2021.
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I love books or tv shows that connect the dots of the great thinkers events discoveries technologies and inventions across history much like james burkes connections programs
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Events of the 20 years since publication render the authors predictions in the last chapters moot
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Especially the important ideas of our modern times including the insights of how the success of a democracy rests on the people trusting their government and of our unfortunate addiction to violence
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Feel a bit sorry since these problems could be easily fixed
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I like the books approach and ideas but i see that the author is so often wrong on what i know well im russian teaching asian studies in a western university
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The only poor reviews given to this book are from those who feel threatened by its antireligious overtones
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These reviewers appear to have read the book as if it were titled the history of knowledge
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Previously prohibitively expensive and cherished for clothing cloth suddenly became garbage the discarded garments of the tens of millions who perished during the black plague
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