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[–] Rubanski@lemm.ee 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (4 children)

But why didn't it start 20,000 years ago

[–] ThrowawayPermanente@sh.itjust.works 17 points 10 months ago (1 children)

It did, we were just in the boring part of the exponential curve where it's basically flat

[–] stebo02@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 10 months ago

and we will currently be in the flat part compared to the next few thousand years (at least if humanity survives until then)

[–] nyctre@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Cause no steam engines or copper wires or antibiotics. Hadn't even invented metalworking afaik.

[–] Agent641@lemmy.world 8 points 10 months ago (2 children)

They should have just googled it

[–] crawancon@lemm.ee 4 points 10 months ago

why hadn't they invented bootstraps to pick themselves up by.

[–] stebo02@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 10 months ago

You're old, they should've asked ChatGPT

[–] KISSmyOS@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

Humans just barely survived during most of our history.
Then a warming of the climate made agriculture possible, which lead to a surplus of food that could be used to feed people who were doing something other than gathering food.
Those people invented writing and that made real technological progress possible for the first time.

[–] someguy3@lemmy.world 0 points 10 months ago