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My impression is that those trade/tech "expos" in the 19th century were really a massive acceleration force of innovation and industrialization. To the point th
by t_mann 4y ago
My impression is that those trade/tech "expos" in the 19th century were really a massive acceleration force of innovation and industrialization. To the point that I could imagine that the lack of such expositions might be an explaining factor why the Roman empire never experienced an industrial revolution. Nowadays they're less important because they've been replaced by conferences (which are the same idea dialed up to 11, I'd argue, and no less important in driving innovation). Maybe I'm going completely off here, but would be interesting to read an analysis.
- foobarian 4y agoYeah why did the Roman empire not advance into electricity/steam power? All the precursor elements were there such as metalworking. Did they just not have a network of smart nobles with leisure time to tinker? Are universities required for that? Referring to likes of Newton, Leibniz, Faraday, Maxwell, etc.
- bufferout 4y agoOne theory is that the abundance of slave labour disincentivised any real push towards automation. That said, they did have massive water mill complexes for grinding grain.