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Speed of innovation in the Neolithic: 1 km/year

Founder, The Roots of Progress (rootsofprogress.org). I write about the history of technology and the philosophy of progress. Former tech founder.

do we know why this slow expansion was the case?

No communications infrastructure, not even writing. No financial infrastructure. No entrepreneurs to start ag ventures. No surplus wealth to fund development. Etc. All the mechanisms that drive progress today were nonexistent or in a primordial state.

More here:

No communications infrastructure, not even writing. No financial infrastructure. No entrepreneurs to start ag ventures. No surplus wealth to fund development. Etc. All the mechanisms that drive progress today were nonexistent or in a primordial state.

More here: https://blog.rootsofprogress.org/flywheels-of-progress