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To: voop who wrote (31381)	9/10/2000 7:57:22 PM
From: Thomas Mercer-Hursh	Respond to of 54805

Actually, if one is going to go beyond silicon, one could make a good case that the most profound DI in human history was the hafted tool, i.e., exploiting the additional power gained by mounting a tool on a shaft or lever. If one graphs various measures of skeletal rugosity of both modern and fossil primates relative to body size, all primates fall on a fairly narrow band, including fossil hominids, up until the point when we developed hafted tools. Since then, humans are way less rugged relative to body mass than all other primates. Of course, the patent has run out on that one....

To: voop who wrote (31381)	9/10/2000 8:04:27 PM
From: Boa Babe	Respond to of 54805

I go with the wheel as the original disruptive technology I was thinking of fire, but I think I'll go with the apple. It has a "technology" family tree if you go back via Newton, and it certainly was disruptive. :) bb

To: voop who wrote (31381)	9/10/2000 8:36:42 PM
From: Mike Buckley	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 54805

I go with the wheel as the original disruptive technology I'll bet it was fire that came first. --Mike Buckley