Taking modern technology to the past
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Taking modern technology to the past
Hello everyone,
I was thinking about an interesting book/movie/show concept. Go back in time and give modern technology to civilizations in the past, such as the Roman Empire or kingdoms in the middle ages. It would be interesting to see how their civilizations adapt to it, as well as how it would influence our current society. Taking modern technology to the past would essentially start the industrial age hundreds of years sooner.
Has anyone heard of any science fiction that explores this concept? The only thing I can think of is Terra Nova, where they send a community to dinosaur times because present earth is too polluted to live in.
thank you!
I was thinking about an interesting book/movie/show concept. Go back in time and give modern technology to civilizations in the past, such as the Roman Empire or kingdoms in the middle ages. It would be interesting to see how their civilizations adapt to it, as well as how it would influence our current society. Taking modern technology to the past would essentially start the industrial age hundreds of years sooner.
Has anyone heard of any science fiction that explores this concept? The only thing I can think of is Terra Nova, where they send a community to dinosaur times because present earth is too polluted to live in.
thank you!
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Here's the thing: GIVE IT to them doesnt mean UNDERSTANDING it. Give a cave man a mircowave ... he can only use it to sit on it. What you have to give is understanding, basically teach it to them. The farther the distance between the two understandings of technology, the more teching you need. So if you set out to bring a cave man a rocket ship, nothing will happen, but if you bring him the fire, he will adapt to it very fast.
So when you say, industrial age will start sooner this way, I seriously doubt that. All our use of modern technology is based on some sort of grasping of what we use, why we use it and how we use it. That doesnt mean, we understand, how all these things work, especially not in the details. But we know, what a car is, what it does, what we can do with it and what we have to do, if it doesnt work. All things we have UNDERSTOOD, and the people before us have understood, so whe have a civilizationwide understanding of it. Without that,we would be helpless.
So when you say, industrial age will start sooner this way, I seriously doubt that. All our use of modern technology is based on some sort of grasping of what we use, why we use it and how we use it. That doesnt mean, we understand, how all these things work, especially not in the details. But we know, what a car is, what it does, what we can do with it and what we have to do, if it doesnt work. All things we have UNDERSTOOD, and the people before us have understood, so whe have a civilizationwide understanding of it. Without that,we would be helpless.
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Lyon Sprague de Campdavid77 hat geschrieben: ↑5. Mai 2019 15:00 Hello everyone,
I was thinking about an interesting book/movie/show concept. Go back in time and give modern technology to civilizations in the past, such as the Roman Empire or kingdoms in the middle ages. It would be interesting to see how their civilizations adapt to it, as well as how it would influence our current society. Taking modern technology to the past would essentially start the industrial age hundreds of years sooner.
Has anyone heard of any science fiction that explores this concept?
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Re: Taking modern technology to the past
Paul J. Nahindavid77 hat geschrieben: ↑5. Mai 2019 15:00 Hello everyone,
I was thinking about an interesting book/movie/show concept. Go back in time and give modern technology to civilizations in the past, such as the Roman Empire or kingdoms in the middle ages. It would be interesting to see how their civilizations adapt to it, as well as how it would influence our current society.
Has anyone heard of any science fiction that explores this concept?
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