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Humans began to rapidly accumulate technological knowledge 600k years ago

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273 points geox | 1 comments | 17 Jun 24 21:28 UTC | HN request time: 0.389s | source
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gcanyon ◴[18 Jun 24 00:41 UTC] No.40712874[source]▶
You have to think that there were breakthroughs in communication technology — not just language in general but possibly also one individual who happened to be good at explaining things, either before or after language, who both taught more people, but also taught them how to teach — that led to step changes in technology.
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1. trescenzi ◴[18 Jun 24 11:24 UTC] No.40716449[source]▶
It’s not necessarily scientifically accurate at all but this is the premise of Spaceship Earth, the ride in the big geodesic sphere, at EPCOT in Disney World. It’s an interesting take on history being accelerated by advances in communication technology, and not just language.