How come when something is invented or an achievement is made, every other human seems to be able to get amazing at it super quick. Reusable rockets were impossible, you’d die if you run 100 miles, etc.

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How come when something is invented or an achievement is made, every other human seems to be able to get amazing at it super quick. Reusable rockets were impossible, you’d die if you run 100 miles, etc.

In: Technology

Answer 1

Well once one person did it we know how. We can replicate their technique and improve on it.

Thats what made humans so succesfull. We can learn from others and are therefore not limited to relearning everything from scratch again.