Shimeran

I'd say tech progress is actaully a multi-step process. First you need to come up with the initial idea. This chance of a given idea scale up with population and the resources that population can free up for thinking instead of just survival. This isn't exactly a linear scale. After all, there's a good chance multiple thinkers will get the same idea. Next, the idea has to be tested. The cost, time, and effort needed for tes