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jarfil@lemmy.world 10 months agoGo to steam power first. It can move things
They had steam power over 2000 years ago, they used it in temples and as toys to amuse the rich. Slaves could move things, and were mich cheaper.
Comment on incredible
jarfil@lemmy.world 10 months agoGo to steam power first. It can move things
They had steam power over 2000 years ago, they used it in temples and as toys to amuse the rich. Slaves could move things, and were mich cheaper.
LufyCZ@lemmy.world 10 months ago
They might have had it, but they didn’t use it right
jarfil@lemmy.world 10 months ago
They had no incentive to use it any better.
Without a printing press, which would increase the levels of literacy, and allow sharing knowledge orders of magnitude faster, there was no indication that a kettle could ever outperform a hundred men or a few dozen horses.
LufyCZ@lemmy.world 10 months ago
It’s a loop - they didn’t use it right, so it sucked, which is why they didn’t try to make it better = they didn’t use it right.
With the right knowledge, they might’ve just made proper use of it
jarfil@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Yeah. But, could a single person break that loop? It seems to me like it would still require centuries.