>things like the Manhattan Project are downstream of the will of an entire behemoth Plus that project in particular was more about destroying things exponentia

>things like the Manhattan Project are downstream of the will of an entire behemoth Plus that project in particular was more about destroying things exponentially faster, than it actually was about building things somewhat faster. The faster building process was achieved in a relatively linear way at best, and the only thing built was a tool for destruction, no comparable efforts were made toward building things of lasting value which would need to more than compensate or the tech effort is a net loss. Or, after destruction is induced, a recovery can not be made since the time required for building has the time it took for destruction in the denominator.