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Norrrm

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16. Many good answers. I'll go with the plow for one of the very first.

Mon Jun 2, 2025, 03:55 PM

Jun 2

My suggestions are steam engine, printing press, communications, computer.

One failure might be more advanced weapons of killing.
Thought to be so horrendous in more efficient mass killing that it might discourage war.
It turns out that mankind doesn't really mind more horrendous mass killings.

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