why didn’t humanity advance technologically for thousands of years when it comes to things like electricity and other electrical power devices like WIFI, but now humanity is advancing rather rapidly?
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For thousands of years, spread of bad ideas were the norm. New technology requires the growth of knowledge. It is knowledge that allow us to create new things and have advanced technology.
For thousands of years, humans didn’t figure out how to create new knowledge in a systematic way. Instead, they were spending their time and energy to NOT create knowledge, but to keep things the same, to “defend” their ignorance about the world.
It’s only after things like the scientific revolution and democracy that allowed us to create knowledge in rapid ways. Now, our entire culture and societies work in such a way that the creation and the growth of new knowledge is actively encouraged.
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