So I was on the internet and stumbled this very educational text post written by  Jacob VanWagoner on Quora.  His account: https://www.quora.com/profile/Jacob-VanWagoner The original post: https://www.quora.com/Does-war-actually-make-the-technology-and-science-advance-faster For your reading convenience, I copied the whole answer here, but I stress that I did not write a single word of this. “Yes, depending on the needs of the war.  … More Does war actually make the technology and science advance faster?