Technology First invented When we could’ve invented it Years spent not having this technology when we easily could have This same time period, now expressed as how many colossal 500-year Roman Empires could’ve both risen and fallen in the huge expanse of time humanity spent sitting around not inventing this technology Spoken language 50,000 BCE 200,000 BCE 150,000 years 300 Written language 3200 BCE 200,000 BCE 196,800 years 393 Non-sucky numbers 650 CE 200,000 BCE 200,650 years 401 The scientific method 1637 CE 200,000 BCE 201,637 years 403 Calorie surplus 10,500 BCE 200,000 BCE 189,500 years
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