What’s with the massive boom of technology and invention over the last century and a half compared to the slow advancement of the many centuries before?

Question

What’s with the massive boom of technology and invention over the last century and a half compared to the slow advancement of the many centuries before?

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Answer 1

It’s the snowball effect.

1000 years ago, technology and innovation were just snowflakes.
100 years ago, they turned into snowballs running down a mountain.
Now those snowballs have turned into an avalanche.

Prior technology makes it easier to create new technology.
And now that we have so much prior technology it’s incredibly easy to create new technologies.