Image talk:Development-Diagram.gif

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This image is very confusing. It's not clear as to what the axes represent, how the pink and red areas differ, and why the white lines and rotating black triangles are important. The caption could benefit from a more detailed explanation of how to read the diagram -- or perhaps a simplified diagram.

I have the original file on my computer, so I will try to clean it up and see if it can be made clearer, either overall, or with a key/legend --Ctrl build^talk 15px| 14:53, 8 Jan 2005 (UTC)

I think I understand the concept you're trying to explain with this image, but I have to wonder if this kind of diagram is the best way of communicating that information? Spinning triangles and red blobs aren't very easy to see as being representative of technological achievement and potential for collapse. The image at Image:HumanExpansion.jpg makes far more sense to me; perhaps this could be adapted in a non-copyvio way for your purposes?

Also, I have trouble seeing how you can say that "mathematically and historically this diagram seems to hold true". This topic is about classification of civilizations based on energy consumption, and anything about collapse, technology or civilization length is just speculation built on top of that. --TACD 00:54, 27 Mar 2005 (UTC)

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