[AidanRyuko]

Also, I just want to add that we're not advancing anymore. Remember how a while back, NASA was the highlight of the show? Now there are some people walking around that dunno wtf NASA is. We need some kind of catstrophic event in order to advance any farther.

Reminds me of a race of aliens in a game, Star Control. They were called the Spathi, and they advanced from Bronze age to Atomic is less than a century. The underlying need was because of a overpowering predator that resided on the same planet. The spathi left their homeworld and lived on their moon for a few eras.