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Idea behind its time

Concept from Alex Tabbaroc via Jason Crawford of things that could, technologically, have been invented long before they were

Some examples:

  • Bicycles
  • Dungeons and Dragons
    • See Where Be Dragons?

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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?