In fact, extraordinary individuals of the past had many achievements in technology, but they only exchanged within their own circle, so the significance for social production was not obvious.
The Industrial Revolution made their fragmented knowledge and technology more systematic, applicable for mechanized mass production, and significantly improved people's livelihoods.
Previously, they didn't care about the lives of ordinary people. There was a natural gap between extraordinary individuals and regular people.
How did the Eastern Wing Continent cultivate so many engineers and technicians in the past decade?