there is relatively little correlation between conformism and intelligence
a world dominated by military power is not a nerd paradise
consider the plight of the iranian nuclear scientists
a world dominated by military power is not a nerd paradise
consider the plight of the iranian nuclear scientists
Since 1950, the global population has more than tripled, while militaries have shrunk. Since 1960, military spending as a share of global GDP has gone down from over 6% to less than 3%.
The world isn't perfect, but it has become a lot less warlike and more hospitable for nerds in recent decades.
the cold war ended in 01991, and since then the us has been pretty much free to invade and conquer and colonize wherever it wanted without any real opposition
it's been 77 years since the end of world war ii, so this is probably an atypically peaceful moment in history
probably a few years into world war iii military spending will be a much larger fraction of gdp
I don't see this as a grand thing tbh. Sure there's more nerds but I feel like they trive most when not having to deal with scarcities.
2000 years ago, you needed a couple of engineers in charge of sword production and an army of Jocko Willinck types to wield the swords.
Now, you have an army of engineers producing drones, some other nerds remotely piloting the drones, and a couple of J.W.'s to do specialized strikes.
I don't see this trend reaching a stopping point anytime soon.