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Can technology improve at a ever-increasing rate forever?

(related to my thread about whether an eternal civilization is possible)

Imagine Pax Romana "Aeterna" (not the TL, just the concept)

Are there nukes in 1200? :p alt-Apollo Program in 1750? ;)

Take any country... and make it free of as many issues as possible. If possible, streamline science patronage to what it was during the height of the Caliphates or say Joseon Korea.

Given ideal settings, is progress inevitable?

Bonus question: is technological development preordained, as in there may be a decline for centuries but it will eventually return stronger (OTL's Medieval Europe).
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