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[The Legend of Zelda] Why is Hyrule such a technological hodgpe-podge?

In the canonically first game, Skyward Sword, we catch numerous glimpses of high technology, with other smatterings here and there alongside the magical elements throughout the series. Clawshots and hookshots exists alongside bows and boomerangs, and by the time of OoT, you could buy high-tech self-motivating bombs in the same town you bought a low-tech metal shield. To say nothing of the complex apparatus moving doors, blocks, and large volumes of water in Hyrule's dungeons and temples.

How does such a large range of technology exist all at once? And why does it seem that at every point in the timeline, no advances are ever made?
gpt
Because that's how it works in the real world! On our very own planet Earth, you get cyberpunk-esque megacities that seem more at home in an alien civilization and pre-stone age hunter-gatherer tribes sharing the same continent. 

And as for the stagnation, don't forget that Hyrule is a kingdom. In order for the kingdom to remain what it is against potential troublemakers (who seem to just find all this technology and wizardry lying around), there may be extensive repressive measures, including total thoughtcontrol so everything remains in balance, and so when anyone upsets this balance, they can only perceive it as evil taking over.

It's also totally possible that Link is actually part of Zelda's secret Thoughtpolice, and he just imagines/trips that he's a legendary warrior.