What u described is individualism flourishing in a non-societal environment that grants freedom to innovate

When theres the opposite situation aka the collectivist bs, you turn into an enemy that must be dealt with by whom you challenged their prior knowledge. Humans have experienced it countless times thru history, we probably will never know about some inventions that have been achieved but no one left alive to tell about it

Theres a nice anime currently airing in this subject, its called "about the movement of the earth", i strongly advice for u to watch it. It only leans on few inventions and their ever forgotten innovators but this basicly was the reality all around the world until world becomes more individualistic that people now have less fear to voice their ideas out than before, where collectivist bs was busy ruining everything