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leduck on June 5, 2008 - 11:59am

"I'm not sure. The excess availability of cheap surplus energy has always meant that all that surplus energy is used. I can't think of a civilization that has resisted the temptation to grow (size, rate, complexity, etc) using available surplus energy."

Have you ever heard of Edo Japan?

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Kiashu on June 6, 2008 - 10:14am

They changed when someone sailed up and started shelling them with modern explosive shells.

Commodore Perry. He demanded they trade and grow.

He was American :)

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