Technological progress if no world wars

So the question is that if WW1 and WW2 are avoided and pre 1914 trends of growth and economic interconnectedness continue what would the technological situation look like in 2017?

What would be ahead? What would be behind?

Thoughts
 
completely unpredictable, but my guess would be that we would be ahead.
no world wars means a lot of people stay alive, 150-200million alone because they don't die from the spanish flu (there is a chance it will pop up, but much less extreme).
ww1 - 38M military & civilian casualties
spanish flu 150-200M
no ww1, so russian revolution goes different, no purges & holodomor - 10-20M
ww2 ~80M
especially the flu & ww1 survivor are going to make a big difference, expect more emigrants from europe to colonies.
all tose people surviving likely will give a lot of extra inventions, also it will boost economy and thus development. different economic cycle (different depression, probably less deep)
 
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