• jarfil@lemmy.world
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    Go 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 much cheaper.

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        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.

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          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

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            Yeah. But, could a single person break that loop? It seems to me like it would still require centuries.

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              I’d say it depends on the person. I’m sure there are some that would majorly change the course of history and then some that would get killed within an hour