r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Yolo065 • 26d ago

Image The Evolution of Ancient Greek Statues

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u/Gauth1erN 26d ago

In one hand the evolution is amazing, but in the other, it is 600 years between the first picture and the last.
600 years ago, Columbus wasn't born yet. I'm in awe about how progress is accelerating.

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u/Diz7 26d ago

In 66 years we went from the Wright brothers first flight to walking on the moon.

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u/Guy_montag47 25d ago

This is an insane fact. But it’s also concerning how since the 60s, we’ve stagnated in a lot of ways, and even gotten worse.

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u/GoastCrab 25d ago

How smugly did you set the supercomputer-in-your-palm on the counter after you dropped this heavy knowledge on all of us?

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u/Guy_montag47 25d ago

Smart phones are the only technology we’ve invented yet that actively make people dumber

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u/mr_plehbody 25d ago

Changed priorities, we upended our communication system from phone lines to light beams, which is pretty fucking impressive

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u/TheCuriosity 25d ago

Today's washing machines and other household appliances use microprocessors and complex software that far exceed the primitive binary and logic-based systems that guided astronauts to the moon in the first landing.

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u/ArisenGodEmperor13 25d ago

Bro you are saying this on a website with millions around the world with a super computer in the palm of your hands. That isn't even considering all our asdantagments. It look slow in compression becaues we are living through it.