something James Jacobs said on the "Why would you worship Asmo" thread tied into something I've been thinking about, namely:
how does magic change or even redefine progress? Golarion has many real world parallels which makes it even more interesting to consider how history can be revised due to magic.
one thing i've wondered about is if magic is real would the internet be invented a lot earlier? after all, we needed a lot of technology to move information around but magic sidesteps electricity, information theory, and varied engineering problems i don't know enough about...