179. Niall Ferguson — Doom: The Politics of Catastrophe
Podcast: The Michael Shermer ShowPublished On: Sat May 08 2021
Description: Disasters are inherently hard to predict. Pandemics, like earthquakes, wildfires, financial crises, and wars, are not normally distributed; there is no cycle of history to help us anticipate the next catastrophe. In this episode, Michael Shermer speaks with one of the world's most renowned historians, Niall Ferguson, who explains why our ever more bureaucratic and complex systems are making us worse, not better, at handling disasters.
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