Showing posts with label extermination. Show all posts
Showing posts with label extermination. Show all posts

Sunday, March 13, 2022

The Limits to Growth, The Aztec Empire, and Time Machines

 


It is always fascinating to play the "what if" game in history. What if the ancient Aztecs had horses? Would they have been better equipped to fight the invasion of the Spaniards? Would a ship bearing the flag of Emperor Montezuma land on Europe. Would the Aztecs wipe out the Europeans from their former lands in a few centuries?

A reflection that involves an old science fiction story by Chad Oliver. Below, the same story in Italian.