Moving people up Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs. Technology enables that.
my grandparents spent 8 hours sowing and reaped 100g of rice
yesterday I spent 8 hours sowing and reaped 200g of rice
today I spent 8 hours sowing and I will reap 300g of rice
progress
Greater control of our physical environment.
What if we had control to cause the sun to go supernova by doing something that everyone on earth has access to, like simply arranging a small pile of pebbles in a rough pattern?