[Waves]

ted- i dont see our progress in terms of "threat presented- threat neutralized- threat presented- threat neutralized" and on and on until we get to the A bomb. i see it as a natural evolution of concepts and ideas. I dont think we are ever in an 'adaptive stasis' as we are constantly making new discoveries, constantly exploring and generating novelty in many areas not specifically limited to military progress. in fact i would say the military progress is a result of our technological progress, not the other way around. before we invented jet planes we invented hot air balloons.