[DBrow]

Be a catalyst. Yes.

[cripplecreek]

Be a catalyst. Yes.

Good word for it. Technology naturally spreads and grows with increasing speed as more people gain access to it.

I once read the theory that our civilization has taken a few hits over the millennia that have set us back by centuries. Things like the burning of the library of Alexandria or the fall of Rome wiped out vast repositories of knowledge just waiting for their time.