Avoid World War I. Many people were killed there and the turmoil following, so buttefly it, WWII and the Cold War, there you have it.
I disagree. Both World Wars saw huge investment and advanced new technologies. I think technology would probably be 15-20 years behind if you simply remove those wars and the cold war without replacing them. Especially in the areas of telecommunications and aircraft/rocketry.
I think a Cold War style standoff without the World Wars in the early 20th would advance technology. A cold war gets all the investment and research advancements of an actual war without the diversion of resources to actually fight.
it already has been proven that the world wars didn't add that much.
simply because some fields went forward,but others were delayed.
you also forget the consequences in deaths from the both world wars, especially since the spanish flu was a direct result from ww1, that alone is 150M+ deaths alone.
yes, war stimulats development, but now wars, less intense depressions, and the economic force would have compensated for the lack of war
Class broken window fallacy:I disagree. Both World Wars saw huge investment and advanced new technologies. I think technology would probably be 15-20 years behind if you simply remove those wars and the cold war without replacing them. Especially in the areas of telecommunications and aircraft/rocketry.
I think a Cold War style standoff without the World Wars in the early 20th would advance technology. A cold war gets all the investment and research advancements of an actual war without the diversion of resources to actually fight.
Isn't the usual one just to have the Roman Empire survive? You just need a way for the collapse of the Roman Empire to be avoided or for it not to go hand in hand with the depopulation of Europe's urban centres.
That, concentration of energy resources but lack of enough to force exploration, and geography. There is a lot more factors than purely division, culture, resources, or geography individually, its all combined. Avoiding WW1 or other major wars would continue that positive competition in terms of science, along with the free flow of ideas that was set up in 1914, but badly derailed by war.Actually, the fact that Europe has been so politically divided has been suggested as an important factor why Europe, and not China, was first to industrialise. Clearly the dark ages was a step backwards, but in the long run the division of Europe might have been an important factor why it industrialised first. The explanation given is that the division lead to competition between various countries, while China was clearly supreme in its part of the world.
Actually, without WW1 you see the first regular airline set up in Russia in 1914, which is almost guaranteed to set up an 'airline war', as no-one will want to be left out of the prestige race, thus, without war, significant amounts of money are spent on aeronautical pursuits, without an accompanying loss of life. In addition, you avoid the post-war glut of aircraft, which brought significant loss and even ruination for many early stars.I disagree. Both World Wars saw huge investment and advanced new technologies. I think technology would probably be 15-20 years behind if you simply remove those wars and the cold war without replacing them. Especially in the areas of telecommunications and aircraft/rocketry.
Broken window fallacy again, the destruction and loss of life means there is less money to spend on science, not more. In addition, the sudden post-war glut of equipment sends many companies in to ruination, as the government is downsizing, and the consumer is willing to go for second-best if it cones with a price-tag that's a fraction that of new stuff.A longer WW1 and/or WW2 would do it
Given the speed of developments etc during those 2 periods compared to the years leading up to them.
Isn't the usual one just to have the Roman Empire survive? You just need a way for the collapse of the Roman Empire to be avoided or for it not to go hand in hand with the depopulation of Europe's urban centres.