Mollick says most of human history barely changed until the last 200 years
emollick · x · 2026-07-26
Ethan Mollick argues that for most of human history little changed, but technological progress accelerated sharply only in the last two centuries — and humanity’s ability to keep up is itself remarkable.
The attached image reinforces the point with a sequence of stone tools, contrasting millennia of slow change with the rapid modern era.
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