"..there were already a handful of countries past that stage when the Industrial Revolution happened. There do not seem to be that many ready this time." Specu

"..there were already a handful of countries past that stage when the Industrial Revolution happened. There do not seem to be that many ready this time." Speculation: This factor may be the difference between life and death for the trend towards high-res. There's today a good chance the US will weaken economically, energy will get catastrophically more expensive, a city somewhere will experience a suitcase nuke. 'should', not 'will'.