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I know you addressed this, but this literally could have been written in 1999, and what's more, it was probably more accurate then. Technology has continued to
by ryanbrunner 9y ago
I know you addressed this, but this literally could have been written in 1999, and what's more, it was probably more accurate then.
Technology has continued to expand, but I'd say the last 20 years have been a continuation of growth that's been happening since the 90's. Not all that much is fundamentally different today than it was in the early 2000's. Yeah, we all have smart phones and social media, and those are certainly cool and important things, but not quite up to breathlessly heralding a new age of humanity like you're doing.
- sit12 9y agoActually I think innovation has totally stagnated the last 10 years or so.
- daxfohl 9y agoYup, we still have the same basic CRUD, except now phones are faster so more JavaScript to make it look pretty.
- nopinsight 9y agoWouldn't you say autonomous vehicles (2020-30), mass adoption of seeing robots for manufacturing and warehouse work (2020-2030), CRISPR-based gene drive to nearly eliminate disease-carrying mosquitoes and other organisms (2020-2030), embryonic germline-editing for human enhancement (2025-40), and possibly Artificial General Intelligence (2030-2050) cause changes as massive as or more so than the rise of the Internet?
- Judgmentality 9y agoLet's see when (and if) those materialize. Flying cars have been 15 years away for about 50 years now. And self-driving cars have already missed their initial target.
- mdpopescu 9y agoI would love for you to be right, and in general I believe that the history of the world can be summed up as "and then things got better". So, I will say this: if those things happen then yes, they will be at least as big as the internet.
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