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And I’m saying you’re thinking about it incorrectly. Technology isn’t a line that can be graphed from less advanced to more advanced. If you think deeply about
by l33t2328 5y ago
And I’m saying you’re thinking about it incorrectly. Technology isn’t a line that can be graphed from less advanced to more advanced. If you think deeply about it for any length of time, you can see why that absurd notion deconstructs.
- edmcnulty101 5y agoI mean we went from caveman without the wheel to launching a Tesla into space and having a magic phone that has the sum of human knowledge at our fingertips. There does appear to be a less advanced to more advanced technology trend?
- l33t2328 5y agoI agree, but describing the “dark ages” as a time of low technological progress is wrong for a variety of reasons. Not the least of which being that it is atrociously eurocentric, and moreover it ignores the many important inventions(for example, crop rotation) to come out of Europe at the time.
- edmcnulty101 5y agoBut it was a time of low technological progress though wasn't it? Not saying it was NO progress. Just low progress. Am I wrong? I'm not a history scholar, so please let me know if I'm off base.
- l33t2328 5y agoNo, it was a time of immense progress. In particular, in the middle east.