Interesting Question

[gfish]

What was the single greatest mistake of human history?

My answer:
Classical Chinese cultural myopia. They had a 1000 year head start on the west technologically, and they pissed it away masturbating to new and even less relevant commentaries on The Spring and Autumn Annals. If they hadn't been so busy navel-gazing, we'd all be post-singularity machine intellects out exploring the galaxy by now. Curse you, Zhu Xi!

What does my side of the internet think?

Comments

[dryaunda.livejournal.com]

Yes, I would have to agree with you and edith_mf here. I have to ask, but what about Indian civilization? Granted, while they weren't as far ahead of their time as the Chinese, they had more of a head start.