John Zabroski wrote: > Steve Dekorte wrote: > > After a millennium, yes. Does kurzweil's theory allow for millennium wide > technology depressions? > > Interesting question! > > What technology depressions can you think of and are referring to?
Basically, government intervention crushing the economy. There are no shortage of examples. One is how east Germany was effectively frozen in time under communism. Another is the effective destruction of technological civilization in Rome and Egypt: http://www.dekorte.com/blog/blog.cgi?do=item&id=4571
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