Re: poly: Modeling Economic Singularities

Damien R. Sullivan writes:
> On Apr 30, 12:07pm, "Perry E. Metzger" wrote:
>
> > I'll point out that massive jumps in less than a generation HAVE
> > happened. See Korea from 1960 to 1980, for example. Thatched huts to
> > a first world economy in one generation.
>
> But presumably there's a difference between a small population copying
> advanced techniques, and the whole world, or even the leading edge,
> discovering even more advanced techniques.

The U.S. had similar growth rates during the industrial revolution.

Perry
Received on Thu Apr 30 19:52:41 1998