The alternative to technology is the Malthusian trap. It was made with the assumption that nothing changes, but time by time we've had exponentially effective r

The alternative to technology is the Malthusian trap. It was made with the assumption that nothing changes, but time by time we've had exponentially effective revolutions. Also that might have been "peak" from a colonist perspective, but remember that millions lived in colonies then. Plenty of people with relaxed lives ended up being colonized by those with the tech.