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It would be dangerous to transport you back to Roman times, because you might teach them to write C++ and compile it into cellular automata, and then program Em
by DonHopkins 2y ago
It would be dangerous to transport you back to Roman times, because you might teach them to write C++ and compile it into cellular automata, and then program Empire with a 30 million soldier human computer, like the "human abacus" scene in "Three Body Problem"!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DFgRNY6fpOc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DFgRNY6fpOc
- WalterBright 2y agoOf course you're right! After much thinking about it, providing a printing press would be the most effective invention to bootstrap a modern society. And, well, that's exactly what happened after Gutenberg invented it. The greatest inventions in history are: 1. writing 2. phonetic alphabet 3. paper 4. printing 5. networks And the pattern is obvious!