It's been a while now but while I (briefly) worked on my Masters, we analyzed technology development and what drove it. Surprisingly (at the time), war and sex

It's been a while now but while I (briefly) worked on my Masters, we analyzed technology development and what drove it. Surprisingly (at the time), war and sex tend to drive the vast majority of it. GPS, microwaves, the internet, and many medical treatments had roots in national defense. VHS over Betamax and high speed internet adoption came from porn. We identified hundreds of big and little things in many industries.