Van Loon's law

Van Loon's law appears to be a poorly attributed statement drawn from a book published in 1929. It may originate in Hendrik Willem van Loon.[1]

"The amount of mechanical development will always be in inverse ratio to the number of slaves that happen to be at a country’s disposal."[2]

Attributed as quoted in: Stuart Chase; Men and Machines; (The Macmillan Company, N. Y.; 1929).[3][4]

References
  1. Andrew Nikiforuk (1 April 2014). The Energy of Slaves: Oil and the New Servitude. Greystone Books Ltd. pp. 8–. ISBN 978-1-77164-010-7.
  2. Freitas, Robert A. "Xenology: An Introduction to the Scientific Study of Extraterrestrial Life, Intelligence, and Civilization". Retrieved 11 February 2013.
  3. Stuart Chase (1929). Men and machines. The Macmillan Company. pp. 49–.
  4. Freitas, Robert A. "Xenology: An Introduction to the Scientific Study of Extraterrestrial Life, Intelligence, and Civilization". Retrieved 11 February 2013.

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