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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