On: An alternative cause for the Great Stagnation: the...

[grotorea]

Is it just 30 minutes? Isn't this just like the "bows are better than arquebuses" thing where the advantage of easy training and replaceability beats individual quality?

[Ma8ee → grotorea]

When someone uses a tool for several hours every day for years, you can afford quite a bit of training.

When you need to make a bunch peasants into soldiers on short notice, the equation is different.