> an impractical contrarian outsider I guess you didn't read much of lowtechmag, which is definitely just about the opposite of "impractical", being much cente

> an impractical contrarian outsider I guess you didn't read much of lowtechmag, which is definitely just about the opposite of "impractical", being much centered on actual experimentation, detailed technical analysis etc. But then again "of course people on HN" would get offended by such slightly technocritical pov. > suggesting that the entire world replace advanced weaponry with stuff that got phased out hundreds of years ago Exactly what part of the title starting with "What if" did you not understand? This article -- like several other on the website, but for this one it's particularly obvious -- are thought experiment, designed very much to confront people with unusual ideas and hence make the current norm more obvious.