That's a good point to go further back but I'd argue that the difference if that the harm from gunpowder is more direct and more tangible

Thing is, if positives aren't included at all, the discovery of fire and invention of language are probably it: the most global harm ever came from them.

petertodd

That's true but I thought we were talking about how harmful inventions were, not what their net weighted impact after comparing positives and negatives were