# Early 1970’s were a discrete change in the world Here’s a hypothesis: [[The 1970’s kicked off a number of feedback loops]] * Changing gold standard * [[ARPA became DARPA in 1972 because of the increased scrutiny on military spending both in the government and outside of it]] What was cause and effect? * [[Expanded list of WTF happened in 1971 and afterwards]] Ref [[The Portal with Tyler Cowen]] <!-- #stub/backlink-collector --> [Web URL for this note](http://notes.benjaminreinhardt.com/Early+1970’s+were+a+discrete+change+in+the+world) [Comment on this note](http://via.hypothes.is/http://notes.benjaminreinhardt.com/Early+1970’s+were+a+discrete+change+in+the+world)