@lextenebris a response of "it would have been done so by now" seems fallacious on its face, as evidenced by countless technological and societal advances. The requisite tech and general conditions for mass printing existed for centuries before it was a thing, for example. Differential gears, abolishing slavery, any number of examples. And there are many examples where shifts began with prompting.
That said, I grasp at least a big part of the fundamental disagreement now.