CronoDAS comments on Do Earths with slower economic growth have a better chance at FAI? - Less Wrong

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Comment author: CronoDAS 13 June 2013 11:37:56PM 2 points [-]

The conclusion I draw is that over the timescale of a few centuries, large-scale political disruption did not stop technology from improving.

It may even have helped. Consider China...