05-05-2020, 11:38 AM
(05-05-2020, 10:28 AM)John J. Xenakis Wrote: Those four billion people would not have to figure out how to
re-invent fire and the wheel. Lol! Technology continues on an
exponential growth path that is unaffected by war. After the war, the
survivors will hold international conferences to decide how to
redefine boundaries and rebuild the world, and if Covid-19 is still
around, then they'll hold those conferences over the internet using
online conferencing software.
True but irrelevant. David is wrong because Crisis wars are not driven by rationality in the first place.
It was crazy for Japan to attack Pearl Harbor, and even the Admiral carrying out the attack knew that and said so at the time. It still happened. Crisis wars are driven by irrational actions during irrational Crisis periods.
Even if a nuclear war would drive us back to the Stone Age, which as you point out it wouldn't, that wouldn't mean that it wouldn't happen.
I am curious, John, if you think something other than a war could end a Crisis era. If Covid-19 were bad enough, could it substitute for a Crisis war?
