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Humans began to rapidly accumulate technological knowledge 600k years ago

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273 points geox | 2 comments | 17 Jun 24 21:28 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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tzm ◴[18 Jun 24 02:45 UTC] No.40713591[source]▶
Just imagine where we'll be 600k from now.
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1. Chris2048 ◴[18 Jun 24 07:27 UTC] No.40715012[source]▶
In the fuel tanks of future Cephalopoda.
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2. sethammons ◴[18 Jun 24 12:56 UTC] No.40717288[source]▶
I was surprised to learn that octopus fossils exist that predate dinosaurs. I dropped all hope for their eventual world domination. If they haven't done it by now...