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> China can't have the same Industrial Revolution the West enjoyed. It has to figure out how to leapfrog past it simply because oil just isn't what it was in th
by wonderbear 9y ago
> China can't have the same Industrial Revolution the West enjoyed. It has to figure out how to leapfrog past it simply because oil just isn't what it was in the 1900s. Africa is going to have to leapfrog past what China does.
Besides accessible space travel, one of the things I most regret not being immortal for is that I don't expect to live to see how/if any nation on the African continent pulls that off.
- pjc50 9y agoIt's easier to go to Africa than space (apologies for clickbait site but it's a reasonable summary): http://www.upworthy.com/11-awe-inspiring-african-cities-that-are-changing-the-face-of-urban-living-in-the-future http://www.upworthy.com/11-awe-inspiring-african-cities-that... The future is not at all evenly distributed, and Africa still doesn't really have too many export industries that don't rely on resource extraction, but it's definitely happening at the moment. It's just really under-reported.