To put it starkly, the argument of the book is that wherever the plague hit, these are the parts of the world that eventually benefited and prospered, and those places where the plague didn’t strike—India and China—ended up falling behind. He’s saying this is not about culture, this is not about institutions, this is not about religion—it’s the plague. FEBRUARY 16, 1957: British television ends its practice of showing nothing between six and seven in the evening (so that parents can put children to bed) and at 6.05pm BBC TV plugs the gap with a new form of Saturday night music entertainment: Six-Five Special. DJ Pete Murray narrowly wins the job as co-host over a young Scottish actor and model named Sean Connery. Ed Sheeran brutally calls out friend Lewis Capaldi to get in the ring for a boxing fight and warns 'I'll have you'

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