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

In the previous 75 years we had the telephone, radio, airplane and cars, some would argue those are the biggest leaps in technology.