William "Chops" Westfield wrote:

> Really?  Wasn't the duration of "The Cold War" pretty much concurrent
> with the period of the largest economic, technological, and scientific
> growth anywhere, ever?  

Without going into much detail, I think "anywhere, ever" is a pretty strong
statement. How much do you know about economic development in China 2000
years ago? Probably not much more than I do :)

Besides, how measure each of the three (economic, technological, and
scientific growth), in a form that can be compared with everywhere else, at
all times? And once (if) you find those indicators -- do they really
indicate growth, or do we just "cook the books" and use numbers that rise
because we're so hooked on "growth"?

Gerhard

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