![]() ![]() ![]() History Through the Lens of Geography, Technology, and Demography Because the world–our world–is breaking apart. Instead of cheap and better and faster, we’re rapidly transitioning into a world that’s pricier and worse and slower. The world of the past few decades has been the best it will ever be in our lifetime. We have been living in the perfect moment. But there is a simple fact that is often overlooked. All of these evolutions and more are tightly interwoven. Historically speaking, we live in an embarrassment of riches and peace. During the past seven decades, as a percent of the population, fewer people have died in fewer wars and fewer occupations and fewer famines and fewer disease outbreaks than since the dawn of recorded history. The human condition has similarly improved. It isn’t simply about stuff and speed and memory. Section I briefly reviews the last century of progress: cheaper, better, much faster, and so much more. Section I lays out the premise and each following section drills deeply into how global changes will drive the future in a specific area. When I raise objections in my mind, he pulls out charts, tables, graphs and then says, “This conclusion is not a forecast. Often he presents startling, scary, unpleasant conclusions. ![]() He disguises his incredible depth of research with an easy, casual writing style. In this book Peter Zeihan really does forecast the end of the world and what comes after. Geography, Demography, Technology, Pax Americana, Free Money, and Cheap Energy. ![]()
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