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There's supposedly always better situation in the future, it is pretty dubious to claim that wars and cataclysms accelerate long term development. It depends o
by timwiseman 17y ago
There's supposedly always better situation in the future, it is pretty dubious to claim that wars and cataclysms accelerate long term development.
It depends on what you mean. Wars have historically accelerated technology development, at least in the short term.
If you mean development more generally, then no probably not. The civilian technology would eventually get developped, if more slowly without the major push of a war. In the process, people and resources are destroyed.
- borism 17y agoOf course I mean human development. Tech development is self accelerating (with main constraint being human developers, who's numbers wars and catastrophes reduce, btw). Conflicts provide some bump, but I would say it's pretty insignificant in the large scheme of things.
- ars 17y agoI didn't say development. I said economic activity.
- chrischen 17y agoPerhaps it's like accelerating your car. You gain more speed faster at the expense of efficiency.
- timwiseman 17y agoI think that's a pretty good analogy.