missouribob
Banned
Why not? I mean do you really have any evidence that the capital outlays for say computers or medical technology have hit a point of diminishing returns? Note also that many of things we are talking about like "advanced internet" or a man on Mars are more of a factor of political will and economics than technological ability. We've had the technical ability to put a base on the moon for decades and ditto for going to Mars. You don't need a POD pre-WW2 to achieve what the OP is asking.You're not making up 70-odd years of technology in just 40, not when technology was already moving pretty bloody rapidly.