Would you rather pin your hopes on Sub-Saharan Africa, where the people would still be somewhere between the paleo and neolithic technological age if it weren't for European colonists, or perhaps Latin America, whose natives may have advanced to the Bronze Age at best if they left to their own devices before the arrival of Conquistadors?
I don ‘t think I can evaluate that meaningfully until I have a much more comprehensive view, especially beyond the technology-centric.
Well said Ek!