Mastengwe@sh.itjust.works to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 8 months agoFireworks were invented in 200 BC, and firearms were invented in the 10th century: that means it took us 1,200 years to realize we could point them at people.message-squaremessage-square15linkfedilinkarrow-up123arrow-down14
arrow-up119arrow-down1message-squareFireworks were invented in 200 BC, and firearms were invented in the 10th century: that means it took us 1,200 years to realize we could point them at people.Mastengwe@sh.itjust.works to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 8 months agomessage-square15linkfedilink
minus-squaresp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 months agoWell yes, but, the irony is that, had he gone a bit further with his device, connected it to say, a shaft, and a gear, and then ground millet with it… Welp, thats how you get an industrial revolution. Which then lays the ground work for a society to be able to develop mass production.
Well yes, but, the irony is that, had he gone a bit further with his device, connected it to say, a shaft, and a gear, and then ground millet with it…
Welp, thats how you get an industrial revolution.
Which then lays the ground work for a society to be able to develop mass production.