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Saturday, March 13, 2010

 Complexity and Collapse: - Empires on the Edge of Chao


The attached link is to an excellent article by Niall Ferguson from the current edition of Foreign Affairs, titled “Complexity and Collapse  Empires on the Edge of Chaos.”

In his article, Ferguson lays out the thesis that, contrary to the academic version of the life cycles of empires  that they rise, mature, rot, and ultimately self-destruct over a long period of time, that actually, the seeds of destruction for empires are planted, germinate, and are reaped over a shockingly short period of time. 

Examples:  one generation for Rome and just 10 years for the Brits

Here is the link:

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article24874.htm

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