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If you could go back in time and do, or bring, one thing to mess up the timeline what would it be? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 year ago by hai@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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[–] JeffKerman1999@sopuli.xyz 16 points 1 year ago (2 children)

A highschool physics book translated in ancient Greek/linear B to mass copy and distribute to everyone. Maybe it'll give the advantage to stop the Bronze Age Collapse.

[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 3 points 1 year ago

I think hygiene and modern concepts of medicine and transmittable diseases would more likely prevent that collapse

[–] JollyRoberts@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

@JeffKerman1999 bring some plans for the printing press and some plans to mass produce paper too. Back in the ancient times one sheet of paper was about $30 in todays money. A whole book would be the equivalant of tens of thousands of dollars.

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