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[arethinn]

What do you think the world would be like today (both socially and physically) if no one had ever developed nuclear fission technologies?

(to smash the simple atom
all mankind was intent
now any day
the atom may
return the compliment)

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[zaecus.livejournal.com]

My reasons for this are complex and not fully examined, but I believe the populations of most "industrialized" countries, with the notable exception of China, would not have grown quite so large so fast.

It has less to do with the technologies themselves than with the educational, scientific, and social 'booms' they caused.