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<blockquote data-quote="Dannyalcatraz" data-source="post: 5910491" data-attributes="member: 19675"><p>Lots of this stuff has been discussed in other threads here. Eventually, someone mentions this: just because something is possible, doesn't mean that someone has thought to do it. It's one of the central themes of the classic science education shows, <em>Connections.</em></p><p></p><p>How long did it take for the steam engine to get made? The concept of using steam to power devices is thousands of years old, but the first practical steam engines only showed up in the past 300 years or so. Until then, it was just a toy.</p><p></p><p>So, yeah, magi-tech has the potential to accelerate society, but until certain structures are in place- the specific laws, political movements, ethical theories, etc., that shape the way we think- certain connections are less likely to be made. One of the reasons for the acceleration of the pace of change is the simultaneous increase in our ability to communicate rapidly over long distances coupled with the legal and ethical structures that protect the abilities of innovators to profit from their efforts. If the law says you have rights in your ideas, you may be more inclined to share those ideas with others who may share theirs with you. Different eyes on a problem may see different- possibly better- solutions.*</p><p></p><p>This means that the reason you don't have magi-tech in every setting is simply that, for any given problem, no one has seen that particular solution. Or shared it. Why would the Artificer who came up with an infinite steam engine (easily done in D&D) give up his advantage?</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>* when I was just starting out as an attorney, I was clerking with an experienced attorney who asked me about a particular case. I commented on an aspect of it, and despite his years of expertise, he said he never would have thought of what I had. My fresh eyes gave him a new point of leverage.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dannyalcatraz, post: 5910491, member: 19675"] Lots of this stuff has been discussed in other threads here. Eventually, someone mentions this: just because something is possible, doesn't mean that someone has thought to do it. It's one of the central themes of the classic science education shows, [I]Connections.[/I] How long did it take for the steam engine to get made? The concept of using steam to power devices is thousands of years old, but the first practical steam engines only showed up in the past 300 years or so. Until then, it was just a toy. So, yeah, magi-tech has the potential to accelerate society, but until certain structures are in place- the specific laws, political movements, ethical theories, etc., that shape the way we think- certain connections are less likely to be made. One of the reasons for the acceleration of the pace of change is the simultaneous increase in our ability to communicate rapidly over long distances coupled with the legal and ethical structures that protect the abilities of innovators to profit from their efforts. If the law says you have rights in your ideas, you may be more inclined to share those ideas with others who may share theirs with you. Different eyes on a problem may see different- possibly better- solutions.* This means that the reason you don't have magi-tech in every setting is simply that, for any given problem, no one has seen that particular solution. Or shared it. Why would the Artificer who came up with an infinite steam engine (easily done in D&D) give up his advantage? * when I was just starting out as an attorney, I was clerking with an experienced attorney who asked me about a particular case. I commented on an aspect of it, and despite his years of expertise, he said he never would have thought of what I had. My fresh eyes gave him a new point of leverage. [/QUOTE]
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