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I strongly advise you to look into the Needham Question. China could have industrialized a millennium ago, and yet it hadn't until around 50 years ago. Insulati
by wyuenho 6y ago
I strongly advise you to look into the Needham Question. China could have industrialized a millennium ago, and yet it hadn't until around 50 years ago. Insulating one from knowledge can have tremendous effect on growth for centuries. All Soviets, Nazi and Japanese progress are built on ideas and attitudes first found in Reformation Europe.
- knolax 6y ago> All Soviets, Nazi and Japanese progress are built on ideas and attitudes first found in Reformation Europe. And yet they still managed to adopt all the useful ideas they needed despite heavy political censorship.