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We have indeed had fewer innovations in consumer goods that take up visual space in a living room. However we have had massive innovation in medicine--many dis
by afarrell 11y ago
We have indeed had fewer innovations in consumer goods that take up visual space in a living room.
However we have had massive innovation in medicine--many diseases that were once a death sentence are now treatable.
Cars, though still totally recognizable as cars, are much safer than they were. Airplane flights are both cheaper and safer.
Infant mortality has dropped. Certain diseases have been eradicated.
Due in part to the ability to communicate and coordinate economic activity on a global scale, the number of people in extreme poverty has declined since 1950--Not the percentage of people, the absolute number of people.
- dtech 11y agoYou're missing the authors point, heck you're even reinstating it yourself: > Cars, though still totally recognizable as cars, are much safer than they were. Airplane flights are both cheaper and safer. > Certain diseases have been eradicated. That's what he's saying. We've mostly (massively) refined existing technology instead of revolutionized it: vaccines, airplanes and cars are all pre-1950 technology. Not sure if I agree, but it feels like you haven't even read the article.