17 sats \ 0 replies \ @kr 13 Jul 2023 \ on: Besides Bitcoin, what are the greatest technologies ever discovered? tech
Glass.
A few points from one of my favorite books:
- Mirrors (played a role in enabling the renaissance, allowed people to see a clear reflection of themselves and reality)
- Telescopes (enabled us to understand the cosmos and earth’s relationship to it)
- Glasses (enabled most Europeans to read once the printing press was discovered)
- Glass fibers (crucial for fiber-optic cables and the internet today)
- Microscopes (enabling humans to study bacteria, and radically improve health standards)
- And then all the obvious use cases like windows, device screens, skyscrapers