And again, I'm happy to recommend Niall's latest book, Doom: The Politics of Catastrophe.
Tyler Cowen · Conversations with Tyler · Jul 2021 Listen at 1:03:20 The best things said about it
So I was reviewing your book Doom this morning and I've been wanting to talk to you about it for a long time.
Jordan Peterson The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast · Dec 2023 In the book doom the politics of catastrophe your newest book you describe wars pandemics and the terrible disasters in human history.
Lex Fridman Lex Fridman Podcast · Nov 2021 Where and when it comes up
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Niall Ferguson's Doom: The Politics of Catastrophe is a sweeping historical analysis of why human societies fail to anticipate and mitigate disasters. Tyler Cowen explicitly recommended the book at the conclusion of his interview on Conversations with Tyler. Jordan Peterson dedicated significant attention to the work on The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast, noting that he had recently reviewed the text and was eager to discuss its exploration of apocalyptic visions and political organization with the author. Lex Fridman also brought up the publication on the Lex Fridman Podcast, prompting Ferguson to examine the historical progression of wars, global pandemics, and other terrible disasters throughout human history. Across these various podcast episodes, the commentators emphasized how Ferguson's work provides essential historical context for understanding contemporary global crises, systemic vulnerabilities, and humanity's recurring difficulties in responding effectively to catastrophic events.
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Tyler Cowen And again, I'm happy to recommend Niall's latest book, Doom: The Politics of Catastrophe. 1
“And again, I'm happy to recommend Niall's latest book, Doom: The Politics of Catastrophe.”
Jordan Peterson so I was reviewing your book Doom this morning and I've been wanting to talk to you about it for a long time 2
“so I was reviewing your book Doom this morning and I've been wanting to talk to you about it for a long time”
“So I was reviewing your book, 'Doom', this morning, and I've been wanting to talk to you about it for a long time.”
Lex Fridman in the book doom the politics of catastrophe your newest book you describe wars pandemics and the terrible… 1
“in the book doom the politics of catastrophe your newest book you describe wars pandemics and the terrible disasters in human history”
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“and that is really the central argument of Doom it's very significant that in our lifetimes governments have got worse at dealing with disasters not better”
“and uh and that will be the next book that I I publish while you're waiting for that you can buy Doom the politics of catastrophe which was the book that I published most recently”
“senior fellow at the Hoover institution at Stanford University and author of many best-selling books including 2021's Doom the politics of catastrophe he has fascinating thoughts on wokism religion Trump American foreign policy and much much more”
“He's the mill Bank family senior fellow at the Hoover institution at Stanford University and author of many best-selling books including 2021's Doom the politics of catastrophe he has fascinating thoughts...”
“well my last book Doom the politics of catastrophe takes this question on uh I love that that feature of American life that we're always predicting American Decline”
“His latest book, Doom, subtitled, The Politics of Catastrophe, was published last year by Penguin and was shortlisted for the Lionel Gerber Prize.”
“My book Doom makes fun of the pattern where the incentives to predict the end of the world are very strong”
“i found that when i was writing doom and so we slightly are biased in favor of the periods when trust prevailed and the system functioned”
“Today I'm here with Niall Ferguson who needs no introduction and that's Niall N I A L L and Niall has a new book out called Doom, The Politics of Catastrophe.”