This was absolutely a factor in why so many people were upset that Legend of Korra had plane, more advanced ships, cars, radios, etc. They assumed that the world of Avatar the Last Airbender would remain stagnant for the sequel even though there were technological advancements in AtLA and while they werenât as big as the ones between AtLA and LoK, they also happened within a year in canon.
Sure the giant robot in LoK is still a bit weird, but you canât tell me no one in this world wouldnât make a giant robot if they had magic on their side that made it way easier.
It took just 66 years between the first powered flight and humans landing on the moon.
It took ~50 years or less between homes starting to use electricity for the first time and the atomic bomb being theorized, constructed, and utilized.
The internet as we know it has existed for ~25 years but look at how much our lives revolve around (and sometimes depend on) it.
Cell phones 15 years ago had physical buttons, the Razrâs 1.2MP camera that could also record video was a big deal, and the only time youâd connect to the internet was if you were well-off or accidentally hit the internet button and mashed buttons to cancel it before you were charged an obscene amount of money. (and even then it was bad and kinda useless because even back then the internet was not meant to be displayed on a tiny screen)
Whether itâs technology, magitech, or some other little innovation that on its own doesnât do much but allows for others to build off of, it will happen. And thatâs not even going into the artistic eras that would happen over a period of decades, centuries, and millennia even if tech hasnât changed much.
Thatâs also not even going into fibre crafts or cooking. If someone figures out a better way to knit or weave something, discovers a new dye or finds a way to replicate a known dye more affordably/vibrantly/give it more staying power, or comes up with a new dish that becomes popular, that will absolutely ripple outwards and affect society and culture.
If youâre writing something where the culture and technology is stagnant, you absolutely have to have an idea for why that is. Even âBecause itâs my story and I didnât want to have to think about itâ is better than shrugging but donât get mad when people ask you questions about it. Not everything has to happen rapidly but something should be going on that shows yours is a world that is changing.
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