Observed arrival · 2026-10-17
The Human Ascent’s invention-and-government ledger
The site presents a historical record linking inventions, discoveries and other firsts to the kind of government in power when they occurred.
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- Readers comparing historical achievements and political systems
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- Its decade table says the counts are not adjusted for population or wealth, and that some countries’ histories are better documented than others.
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The page's examples move from Sputnik and Yuri Gagarin to Apollo 11 and the multinational International Space Station, using space milestones to distinguish being first from going furthest. Its decade table separates democratic or limited, autocratic, colonial and “other” entries. A data download and method page are linked; the site says an AI model compiled the entries and suggested citations, most of which remain unverified.
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