Let’s say a 70 year pattern, fastest mode of travel:
- 1800: Horse*
- 1870: Locomotive
- 1940: Rocket
- 2010: Still rocket …
WTF happened? I have my suspicions, but I need to shore up my information when discussing with sheep.
*I know steam engines were around, but not widespread.
I agree that they make us believe we’re somehow ‘super advanced’ when the opposite is true. Prevents us from digging into the past to learn that out ancient ancestors were more advanced than us.