the idea of technological advancment has and always will be based on need and want. most races such africans, asians, and native americans didnt have as much of a greed factor as europeans. not saying all europeans, normally royals, nobals, and merchant. this in turn created a system based on monetary gain (which truly is the backbone of technological advancment). the constant arms race of the world, which started in Europe, is a sprint to have superior weapons. superior weaponry, easier chance to conquer others and take their land. other advancments such candles, clothes, other things were based on needs. and needs are all in the minds of the people needing them. such as the lengths different races went to in terms of their clothing. from straw shirts to wool pants. most races didnt feel the need to go to the same lengths in technology as europeans.
^^^^^just my personal theory but a lot of it is based on fact.
all of these advances gave europeans the want and ability to take over the world. so all of the advances given to the world by these advances initially meant nothing to other cultures. so yes europeans fucked up the world. but by fucking it up they made it better in the long run. (i probably just feel this ways because the integration into your culture brainwashed me to think just as you do
) and even in that since, every culture brought somethin better to the table or else why was their an initial want by the europeans to trade with them? asians had silk, which was almost as sought after by europeans as gold. Africans had a far more superior system of learning. and native americans were extremly better agriculture and understanding of the land.