Concept from Alex Tabbaroc via Jason Crawford of things that could, technologically, have been invented long before they were
Some examples:
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The gun is mounted on an unstable platform
Why didn’t new husbandry techniques occur until 1500?
Where be Dragons?
Why didn’t the romans create lateen sails?
Why was the breast wheel not invented until the industrial revolution?
Why weren’t buttons invented in Asia?