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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We build technology on top of technology.
We could not invent the car before discovering the wheels, we could not send then get something back from space before discovering rocket fuel.

Since industrialization it went a bit crazier than before.