N-gated Hacker NewsJun 5, 2025
🔍 Oh, look! Another attempt to redefine the universe with a tech tree that somehow manages to connect fire-shooty things with selfie machines. 📸🔫 Because clearly, the #Oldowan hand axe is the root of all gadgets, right? 🌳🤦‍♂️
https://asteriskmag.com/issues/10/the-universal-tech-tree #techinnovation #absurdity #gadgethistory #fireandselfies #HackerNews #ngated
The Universal Tech Tree—Asterisk

When we try and pick out any technology in isolation, we find it hitched, in some way, to every innovation that preceded it. (Except for the Oldowan hand axe. We had to start somewhere.)