History of Science & Technology Q&A (May 6, 2026)

Stephen Wolfram answers questions from his viewers about the history of science and technology as part of an unscripted livestream series, also available on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IE03Z481PVg&list=PLxn-kpJHbPx3IO8b1yvkNyASj9i_Tw4n8&pp=0gcJCdAEOCosWNin

Topics: Lessons from the history of science - Why scientific progress isn't linear - Ancient inefficiencies and bad inventions - AI, automation and human motivation - Why humans started doing math