# Killer App is a bad metaphor for historical trends, good for pseudoteaching

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The piece argues that Niall Ferguson's killer-app metaphor misrepresents historical change and supplies superficial context for teaching.

Blog post · Metaphor Hacker · 3 June 2011

## Where it lives

- [Read it on Metaphor Hacker (metaphorhacker.net)](https://metaphorhacker.net/2011/06/killer-app-is-a-bad-metaphor-for-historical-trends-good-for-pseudoteaching/)

## About this item

- Type: Blog post
- Published: 3 June 2011
- Published in: Metaphor Hacker
- Language: English

Topics: metaphor, history, education, historiography.

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