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Humans began to rapidly accumulate technological knowledge 600k years ago

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kazinator ◴[18 Jun 24 02:09 UTC] No.40713419[source]▶
Humans began to rapidly accumulate technological knowledge around the Renaissance, with the invention of the printing press.

The farther back we go, the more we have to use tongue-in-cheek definitions of "rapidly".

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1. Cthulhu_ ◴[18 Jun 24 13:38 UTC] No.40717738[source]▶
The knowledge was there, but it was in part thanks to the printing press (and political / sociological reform, e.g. schools and improving quality of life) that it became more accessible to more people.