Ethan Mollick reflects on millennia of slow tech progress, rapid recent acceleration

By PulseAugur Editorial · [1 sources] · 2026-07-26 20:36

Ethan Mollick's Bluesky post reflects on the slow pace of human technological advancement over millennia, noting that significant progress has only occurred in the last two centuries. He highlights the rapid acceleration of change in recent times, expressing amazement at humanity's ability to keep pace. AI

IMPACT Reflects on the historical context of technological change, suggesting current AI advancements are part of a recent, rapid acceleration.

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Ethan Mollick reflects on millennia of slow tech progress, rapid recent acceleration

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Bluesky Jetstream — AI desk TIER_1 English(EN) · emollick.bsky.social · 2026-07-26 20:36

For the better part of 20,000 centuries of human history, not much happened. We spent almost all of those making slightly different variations of one tool, we o

For the better part of 20,000 centuries of human history, not much happened. We spent almost all of those making slightly different variations of one tool, we only figured out the metal thing after 19,940 centuries. And stuff really took off 2 centuries ago. That we can sort of …

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For the better part of 20,000 centuries of human history, not much happened. We spent almost all of those making slightly different variations of one tool, we o

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