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I mean, you're kind of framing it as a yes or no situation. It's more a question of degree. And you could theoretically look at history before the modern conce
by edanm 8y ago
I mean, you're kind of framing it as a yes or no situation. It's more a question of degree.
And you could theoretically look at history before the modern concept of capitalism to see what gets done and what doesn't. I'd argue that saying we didn't have airplanes is underselling it by quite a bit - we went through how many centuries in which things barely progressed? And I'm talking things like "kids not doing quite as much".
- FranzFerdiNaN 8y agoThings progressed and changed every single century. Just not like some it happens in a tech tree in a computer game. Unfortunately history gets taught as something that is teleological, with things only having value if they bring them closer to what we consider important. So people look at multiple centuries of scholastic thought and proclaim ''well, that was a waste of time!" because it wasnt the scientific method.