More important than the invention of writing, the printing press, electricity, the computer or the internet? > The hockey stick that's coming for human progres

More important than the invention of writing, the printing press, electricity, the computer or the internet? > The hockey stick that's coming for human progress overall is going to make the industrial revolution look like a flatline. So far the effect on human progress has been pretty modest, I dare say. At the moment I would even regard it as a net negative on society. Maybe let's wait a few years before making such grand assessments.