Ferguson: Civilizational decline is reversible, not an inevitable death sentence
Niall Ferguson · Niall Ferguson: Why Great Civilizations Rise and Fall · Joe Lonsdale · Aug 18, 2021 · at 3:57
Historian Niall Ferguson and host Joe Lonsdale discuss whether civilizations follow deterministic lifespans and whether the US is in decline.
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“Except decline is reversible. I mean, you go through bad patches, but that doesn't mean you're going to kind of expire.”
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