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Unfortunately, most great inventions, including the digital computer and rocket science, accelerated during times of turmoil and war and because of a drive for domination. So the argument about "peace progress" is empirically false.
#Philosophy should not divorce from data.
Are you saying that a lot of great consumer goods are produced during times of desperate war?
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I don't think that is what I wrote. Do you mean "complex problems" are consumer goods?
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Technological progress is overwhelmingly greater during peacetime.
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A statement that cannot be proven for the simple reason that it is false. The writer may be confused with the perception that he is living in a time of peace.
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Most of the areas of the world where technological innovation is happening are experiencing peace by any reasonable historical standard.
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Peace you experience is because of threat of war. In this sense "peace" has a heterological meaning. Peace is the period historically when people prepared for war. In reality, there is no peace, it is only an illusion.
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That I agree with. The market happens in a state of constant tension against would-be local thievery and would-be external plunderers (armies).
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I mean if you think about it, peace in our times comes at terminal risk of nuclear annihilation. Quite oxymoron schema. Anyway, thanks for civilized conversation. That's all what matters. :)
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@neiltyson wrote a book to that effect lolThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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