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I'm glad to see I'm not only one very conservative about real technology progress. I'd love to see star-trek future, but I just do not believe in it anymore.

mdrzn 8y ago
Never forget that you're on the Internet, using probably a device that 20 years ago would have been sci-fi, complaining that the future may not come fast enough.
- fullshark 8y ago
  I think the lesson is that we are terrible at predicting the future, not so much that technological progress doesn't exist.
- mistermann 8y ago
  Some technologies can't be derailed by human stupidity and selfishness, I'm not so sure driverless cars qualify as one of them.
- pjc50 8y ago
  20 years ago I was arguing with strangers on the internet over a dial-up modem. It's not so very different. Moore's law hs been quite magical but the real changes have been qualitative, like smartphones.
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- rayiner 8y ago
  It was sci fi 50 years ago. By the time of the Newton (25 years ago) and iPhone was a predictable evolution of existing technology. So was the Star Trek voice command interface. The question is: are self deiving cars iPhones (where the technological curve played out as expected) or voice recognition (which never really got as good as people expected it would be).
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binarybits 8y ago
What do you mean by "anymore?" The last decade has seen faster progress than almost anyone expected a decade ago.
- czechdeveloper 8y ago
  For me, Star Trek future is mix of politics, technology and physics. In terms of politics, I see just deterioration in my region. We get technology we want (smartphones), but not what we need (carbon sequestration, better food sources). Our current tech is ruining the planet. And as a developer, I see a lot of new and different, but little better. But that might be also connected to my world view already.

mdrzn 8y ago

Never forget that you're on the Internet, using probably a device that 20 years ago would have been sci-fi, complaining that the future may not come fast enough.

fullshark 8y ago
I think the lesson is that we are terrible at predicting the future, not so much that technological progress doesn't exist.
mistermann 8y ago
Some technologies can't be derailed by human stupidity and selfishness, I'm not so sure driverless cars qualify as one of them.
pjc50 8y ago
20 years ago I was arguing with strangers on the internet over a dial-up modem. It's not so very different. Moore's law hs been quite magical but the real changes have been qualitative, like smartphones.
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rayiner 8y ago
It was sci fi 50 years ago. By the time of the Newton (25 years ago) and iPhone was a predictable evolution of existing technology. So was the Star Trek voice command interface. The question is: are self deiving cars iPhones (where the technological curve played out as expected) or voice recognition (which never really got as good as people expected it would be).
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binarybits 8y ago

What do you mean by "anymore?" The last decade has seen faster progress than almost anyone expected a decade ago.

czechdeveloper 8y ago
For me, Star Trek future is mix of politics, technology and physics. In terms of politics, I see just deterioration in my region. We get technology we want (smartphones), but not what we need (carbon sequestration, better food sources). Our current tech is ruining the planet. And as a developer, I see a lot of new and different, but little better. But that might be also connected to my world view already.