Gregory's Server@kristinHenry @seachanger this is what gets me with all the "capitalism is the only reason we have technological progress" - It isn't! It doesn't!
We have an inner drive to explore, to create, to solve problems (may this drive be curiosit , hope or laziness!), and capitalism co-opt this and turns it into silly little products the serves only a small group of people, etc etc etc...
@pixie @kristinHenry @seachanger There is so much on this timeline before capitalism shows up, makes what you're saying kind of obvious. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions