> There are a number of examples of ancient peoples having a potentially
> practical technology or knowledge in hand, yet who did nothing
> practical with it. One famous example is the Chinese and gunpowder.
> Another is the ancient Greeks and steam power. [...]
> Well, I'm wondering what kind of stuff like that could be happening
> NOW? Maybe we are missing no avenue of approach to technological
> advance these days. But what if, theoretically, centuries or millenia
> distant, they could look back at us and wonder why we didn't develop
> such-and-such?
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