• Ronno@feddit.nl
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    10 days ago

    It’s not always immediately obvious to what end you can use a new innovation. For instance, the Romans discovered and built a steam engine. But nobody connected the dots that it could be used to power a train.

    To me, it showcases the main reason why we need to collaborate. Only together, we can exponentially increase the potential of everything we build.

    • Obi@sopuli.xyz
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      10 days ago

      Imagine industrial revolution Roman Empire, thank fuck they didn’t connect the dots.

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        7 days ago

        Good for us as we wouldn’t exist without the world going exactly as it has (I guess unless you’re from a culture that didn’t get conquered/settled and has been quite insular), but imagine where technology would be if industrial civilisation had been continuous from so early