Historical Tech Tree

Historical Tech Tree is an interactive visualization tool that maps out how technologies have evolved and built upon each other throughout human history. Instead of reading about technological progress linearly, you can actually see the dependency chains-how the printing press enabled mass literacy, which enabled scientific journals, which enabled faster knowledge sharing, which enabled the Industrial Revolution.

The tool lets you explore these connections visually, making it easier to understand why certain innovations happened when they did and what prerequisites were necessary. For engineering leaders making technology choices, this provides valuable context about technological maturity, adoption patterns, and how new technologies typically emerge from combinations of existing ones.

This is particularly useful for strategic planning and technology evaluation. When you're deciding whether to adopt a new framework or technology, seeing its place in the broader historical context helps you assess its stability, maturity, and likely staying power. It's also a powerful tool for explaining technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders by showing the historical progression that led to current technology choices.