[Frieren]

World powers change and shift with changes of technology, climate and needs for resources. Countries rise to power because they are in the right place at the right time, even if monarchs and nationalists will always attribute it to God preference or other self-serving reason.

> The first century of Portuguese discoveries saw a successive stripping away of layers of medieval mythology about the world and the received wisdom of ancient authority – the tales of dog-headed men and birds that could swallow elephants – by the empirical observation of geography, climate, natural history and cultures that ushered in the early modern age.

Technology brings societal change. The world has been becoming smaller with help of each new technological step. Societies can fight it, but it is unavoidable. So, I hope that we focus more on building a good world for us all using technology to improve all our lives.

[nlitened]

> Countries rise to power because they are in the right place at the right time, even if monarchs and nationalists will always attribute it to God preference

Isn’t it literally the God’s preference of a country for this place and time, from both secular and religious points of view?

[Frieren]

The traditional way of looking to by "God will" means that something is right and moral.

I agree that nowadays it is also used as just a substitute to "luck" or "random event" without the moral connotations.

[ksec]

>World powers change and shift with changes of technology, climate and needs for resources. Countries rise to power because they are in the right place at the right time,

I wonder when will China take the crown. Assuming US follows on their current trajectory.