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Slightly unrelated, but James Burke explains this really well in Connections[1] S01E03. Basically he says one of the reasons China didn't experience the rapid
by Roadeo 2y ago
Slightly unrelated, but James Burke explains this really well in Connections[1] S01E03.
Basically he says one of the reasons China didn't experience the rapid growth Europe went through during the Renaissance was because Chinese society during those times had a strict hierarchy. You weren't allowed to rise through the ranks with your inventions or technologies, no matter how revolutionary they were. "No incentive, no change."
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connections_(British_TV_series) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connections_(British_TV_series...
- edflsafoiewq 2y agoWas the Renaissance driven by concerns of social mobility? Galileo's telescope was not calculated to improve his rank in society.
- Chris2048 2y agoI suppose there are more ways to be paid: fame / rank, money, or even piety.
- graemep 2y agoIt certainly was, and initially did improve his reputation. If you look at what happened he could have benefited hugely if he was not obnoxious and had not gone out of his was to annoy people. He mocked the powerful, and he insisted that the Copernican cosmology (the sun is the centre of the universe) was not just a theory, but had been proven true.