system
Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
[Fantasy] Why are most societies stuck in the middle ages?
gpt
Because all the bright minds go to study magic, not technology. A "futuristic" world with magic is one in which magic has been studied and refined, it's laws codified. There seems to be little point in advancing natural philosophy when *unnatural* philosophy can do all the same things, but faster, better, and much cheaper.