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A comment on What World War I Can Teach Us about Misjudging Tech and Social Change (2020). Parent comment

Re:What World War I Can Teach Us about Misjudging Tech and S... by baybal2 on Wednesday February 17, 2021 @06:48PM (#26173496)
One more,

British had its long range gunnery using advanced mathematics super secret, and though nobody else can do beyond the horizon accurate artillery fire besides them.

Unknowingly, so were Germans.

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Re:What World War I Can Teach Us about Misjudging Tech and S... by bollu on Thursday February 18, 2021 @01:31AM (#26176651)
Interesting, I'd love a book recommendation :)
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