Retrogressive

A ballpoint pen is a technology. A plow is a technology. A can-opener is technology. There is always some level of technology. Someone told me that Western women do not want to live in the future. They like the past. But they have to choose a level of technology, just the same, as the horse and buggy are also just technology. Why should women have children if they do not believe in the future? There are religious groups, such as the Amish, who choose retrogressive technology.

Hence, regional soil degenerations and podsolization was probably an important factor contributing to the retrogressive change in the forest composition at the end of the mesocratic phase.