dsimcha Wrote: > == Quote from Walter Bright (newshou...@digitalmars.com)'s article > > Sometimes I think what if I were dropped naked back in time 20,000 years > > ago? Assuming I didn't get promptly cooked for dinner, what technology > > could I deliver that would have the most impact? > > I can't decide between iron, agriculture, or writing. I suspect writing. > > Every time humans got better at communicating, there was a huge increase > > in the rate of progress. > > speech > > writing > > printing > > telegraph > > telephone > > internet > > One that noone seems to mention, not only on this NG but in general, is birth > control. I think a pretty good argument can be made that a major reason for > recent social advances is that, by only having 2-4 children per set of parents > instead of 10-20, parents are able to invest much more in each child than they > otherwise would be. The end result is a much more educated society and one > with > enough surplus resources to look beyond its mere collective survival to > actually > improving its state of knowledge, comfort, etc.
But how the hell would you have delivered that. First of all you have to deliver chemistry and latex!
