Hypothesis: above a certain min living standard, per-capita creativity is constant and big populations beat smaller ones by network effects
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Wait and watch. Being tested as we speak in relative GDP rise of countries.
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Why did India and China lose out on the industrial revolution despite higher income and pop density at the time?
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Almost all attributable to Europe GDP *increase* (and relative fall of Asia) rather than colonial predation. Joel Mokyr is best
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. Population size determines max potential. Network effects determine realized potential.
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That sounds right to me--although, to quote the kids' show Dinosaur Train, "A hypothesis is an idea you can test."
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