Ryan Freitas

"A stronger version of this theory relies on what I have called “Cardwell’s Law,” after the British historian Donald Cardwell. This law states essentially that every society, when left on its own, will be technologically creative for only short periods. Sooner or later the forces of conservatism, the “if-it-ain’t-broke-don’t-fix-it,” the “if- God-had-wanted-us-to-fly-he-would-have-given-us-wings,” and the “not-invented-here-so-it-can’t-possibly-work” people take over and manage through a variety of legal and institutional channels to slow down and if possible stop technological creativity altogether. Technological leaders like 17th-century Holland or early 1 9th-century Britain lost their edge and eventually became followers."

— Creative Forces - Reason Magazine

1. reasonaday liked this
2. dotrob liked this
3. poetbabble liked this
4. ryanfreitas posted this