People always say that every idea has been done to death, but it seems whatever I want to read isn't in fact been done to death. Damn you People! Anyway, I need a story about technological advancement, preferably from modern-day technology to interstellar (futuristic, not just space engineering but also other fields) technology. MC can be a genius or not, but the story must revolve around elevating the technological progress and quality of life of humanity, even if it's for the sake of profit (or better yet, immortality).
The one title that popped up immediately would be Scholar’s Advanced Technological System, though it got some pretty strong nationalism stuff in it.
Huh, I haven’t heard of anything like that now that you’ve mention it. The closest thing that comes to mind is an mtl ‘How the Zergs were made’ which follows a race, with really good genetic engineering and an obsession with survival and growth of the collective, created and somewhat guided by a former human space palaeontologist