I still find it amazing that humanity went from the horse and buggy to atomic science in the span of 40 years.
I don’t know how it happened. Divine intervention? The Akashic Records exist, and spiritually gifted people found a way to tap into them?
The horse and buggy days lasted a LOOONG time. At the beginning of it world trade went by sail. At the end people were working on radioactivity.
Not a great example.
There is an argument that tech development is accelerating. I doubt it. Its more irregular than that.