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your argument is easily defeated by the fact that our ancestors are the reason we have any technology today... unless you popped out the womb and invented ibuprofen.
we know the greeks had a form of steam engine. it's just a fluke and a limitation of manufacturing technologies that they didn't take the idea much further. if you watch Primitive Technology on YouTube you'll see just how ingenious you have to be to even get a knife-shaped shard of iron, let alone any tools you need to invent anything more complicated.
> ancestors are the reason we have any technology today
And it took a very long time, every step of the way, with long periods of stagnation. The "Dark Ages" were largely defined by the fact that nothing changed or improved for hundreds of years. What would you say was the greatest achievement of 10th century Europe?
The collapse of Rome into medieval kingdoms and fiefdoms was devastating for education and progress as they consolidated everything to a hyper-minority of monied elites while serfs and peasants were little more than slaves. Roman citizens were allowed to travel and move. Medieval peasants were essentially property of the duke and weren't allowed to leave the fief without permission, and they were little more than renters because the land was owned by the lord, not the peasants.
Also every piece of technology was basically invented specifically to get away from "the old ways".
we know the greeks had a form of steam engine. it's just a fluke and a limitation of manufacturing technologies that they didn't take the idea much further. if you watch Primitive Technology on YouTube you'll see just how ingenious you have to be to even get a knife-shaped shard of iron, let alone any tools you need to invent anything more complicated.
And it took a very long time, every step of the way, with long periods of stagnation. The "Dark Ages" were largely defined by the fact that nothing changed or improved for hundreds of years. What would you say was the greatest achievement of 10th century Europe?
The collapse of Rome into medieval kingdoms and fiefdoms was devastating for education and progress as they consolidated everything to a hyper-minority of monied elites while serfs and peasants were little more than slaves. Roman citizens were allowed to travel and move. Medieval peasants were essentially property of the duke and weren't allowed to leave the fief without permission, and they were little more than renters because the land was owned by the lord, not the peasants.
Also every piece of technology was basically invented specifically to get away from "the old ways".