TED Talks: The Six “Killer Apps” of Prosperity

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A good example of this TED lecture is Niall Ferguson's recent speech on the six "killer apps" he calls prosperity. If you have thought about supporting the basic framework of civilization, economics and culture, your interest will arouse your interest. According to Ferguson, the most successful society of the past and the present has the following features.

Ferguson explains his significance for each function in detail and these examples discuss the lack of social features (past and present), the results are superior performance or stagnation To do

But you know, this is the TED Audience, and if you keep talking about the organization, you will turn it off. So I have to translate it into a language you can understand. Let's call them killer apps. I would like to explain to you that there are 6 killer apps that distinguish West from other applications. They look a bit like cell phone applications, as they seem very simple. They are just idols; you click on them. But behind the icon there is a complex code. The same can be said about institutions. I think there are six explanations about major differences. First of all, it is a competition. Second, it is science revolution. Third, it is a property right. Fourth, modern medicine. Fifth, consumption society. Sixth, occupational ethics. You can play the game, you can try to think about the game I missed, or try to cook it to only 4, but you will lose

A good example of this TED lecture is Niall Ferguson's recent speech on the six "killer apps" he calls prosperity. If you have thought about supporting the basic framework of civilization, economics and culture, your interest will arouse your interest. According to Ferguson, the most successful society of the past and the present has the following features.

Ferguson believes that this difference is basically due to the development of the western "killer app" of the other missing parts of the world - "Competition, Science, Law, Medicine, Consumers and Work Ethics" Ferguson compares the contrast between the Western "killer app" and the West's "rest". But Ferguson also believes that the modern Western side has lost its edge and the future adopts the western recruitment Asian countries, especially the Chinese "killer application." Ferguson will be steadily westward in the coming years , Other Asian countries think that it will become the rise of the great powers. Related documentary civilization: Western history? In March and April 2011, 6 series of series was broadcast on channel 4.