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These are not examples. This trope is not primitive tools being used to make slightly less primitive tools an so on until sophisticated tools are made. This trope is missing all those steps and going directly from the basics to stuff that by rights needs a whole technological civilization: \'\'carving\'\' a supercomputer from whalebone, flying a a jet made from wood fueled with palm oil, built without access to so much as a lathe.
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These are not examples. This trope is not primitive tools being used to make slightly less primitive tools an so on until sophisticated tools are made. That\\\'s the opposite of the trope. This trope is missing all those steps and going directly from the basics to stuff that by rights needs a whole technological civilization: \\\'\\\'carving\\\'\\\' a supercomputer from whalebone, flying a a jet made from wood fueled with palm oil, built without access to so much as a lathe.
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--> \\\"There is only one thing you can forge without a hammer - a hammer itself. Of course, it would be very crude hammer, but with it, you could make a somewhat better one. And with it, you could make one even better, unless you have a good hammer. And with good hammer, you can make a good sword...\\\"
* \\\'\\\'{{Discworld}}\\\'\\\': All a dwarf needs is fire and metal. Then he can make simple tools. And with simple tools he can make complex tools, and with complex tools a dwarf can make \\\'\\\'anything\\\'\\\'.
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