Second Law: Invention is the mother of necessity.
technology always finds the next reproducible thing
art always finds the next irreproducible thing
x.com“The next generation product almost never comes from the previous generation.”
-Al Ries
You need to introduce an entirely new paradigm, which requires reaching much higher on the cumulative technology ladder than previous solutions. Because while the accumulation of tools is continuous, there are discrete periods in history when those tools have gotten better enough to make new solutions possible.