It’s not a coincidence technology exploded shortly after we had significant economic innovations, including joint stock companies and patent protection.
There’s an old Soviet joke to demonstrate the difference and the wonders of technology under communism:
What’s as big as a house, burns 20 liters of fuel every hour, puts out a shitload of smoke and noise, and cuts an apple into 3 pieces?
A Soviet machine made to cut apples into 4 pieces.
It’s not a coincidence technology exploded shortly after we had significant economic innovations, including joint stock companies and patent protection.
There’s an old Soviet joke to demonstrate the difference and the wonders of technology under communism:
What’s as big as a house, burns 20 liters of fuel every hour, puts out a shitload of smoke and noise, and cuts an apple into 3 pieces?
A Soviet machine made to cut apples into 4 pieces.