[ExI] Happy 2020, and welcome to the magic twenties

[William Flynn Wallace]

Just what is it that anyone here sees as good reasons to fight a major war?
Yes, you can come up with thousands of 'if'scenarios. I want reasons that
exist right now.  bill w

On Tue, Dec 31, 2019 at 12:39 PM Adrian Tymes via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

> Interesting note on that "every 30 years - though WWII delayed things".
> From what I've heard, the 1890s could qualify as well (especially around
> the automobile), despite (or perhaps partially because of) economic turmoil
> for about half its length.  In the US, the 1850s saw peak migration to the
> American West; the Civil War right afterward was certainly enough to pause
> the cycle for a decade.  The 1820s, as Wikipedia sums it, "saw the advent
> of photography and rail transport" - major revolutions on their own.
>
> Which would mean the 2020s may be magical if we can avoid a major war.
> Given the current governments of most major powers around the world, that
> is a big "if".
>
> On Tue, Dec 31, 2019 at 2:58 AM Giulio Prisco via extropy-chat <
> extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
>
>> Happy 2020, and welcome to the magic twenties
>>
>> The 20-twenties could be a magic decade for space expansion, starting
>> with the Moon. And then, forward to the stars!
>>
>>
>> https://turingchurch.net/happy-2020-and-welcome-to-the-magic-twenties-bed4ae6cf105
>> ?
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