>>35549439Whereas before the state are a little more passive in terms of adopting new technology, their role mostly just being the steward, the movement made it assume the role of conductor too. So other than funding for promising things the state also actively involves itself in directing the energy to things that it thinks it needs.
Example would be how previously it encouraged workshops to install waterpowerd tools or steam powered pumps in mines after it has been invented, and now it is actively directing research into steam engines for power.
