An iceberg made almost totally of greed,
A greedberg ?
Recorded human history is about 3000 years, but industrial civilization is only 200 years old. (The first railroad ticket was sold in 1808; that's a good starting point for deployed industrial technology.)
I prefer to use the first deployment of the steam engine as a starting point, which pushes it back to 300 years. By 1808 the steam engine had been in wide spread use all over England for nearly a century, and Watts patent was expired.
It's the asshole in a suit and tie who prefers to hire certain kinds of people for certain kinds of jobs.
You mean affirmative action ?
Industrial civilization is only about 200 years old. It's convenient to start at 1808, the first year somebody bought a train ticket.
Try 300 years. By 1808 the steam engine was nearly 100 years old, and James Watts patents on it had already expired.
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