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No anti-nautilism posts. See: Eco-fascism Primer
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Among the Four Great Inventions, the magnetic compass was first invented as a device for divination as early as the Chinese Han dynasty (since c. 206 BC), and later adopted for navigation by the Song dynasty Chinese during the 11th century. The first usage of a compass recorded in Western Europe and the Islamic world occurred around 1190.
papermaking, printing, compass, and gunpowder in case anyone was curious
Can't believe soy sauce isn't on that list smh my head.
What about the blockchain
"the blockchain" is what they called moveable type
Now why would a civilisation that cooked up minor widgets like that have high expectations for itself