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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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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An excellent question!

More humans, with more prosperity, with longer lives, who know how to read, leads to more innovation. Humans invent things, so more humans living in better conditions leads to more inventions.