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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
by 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 agoI think the lesson is that we are terrible at predicting the future, not so much that technological progress doesn't exist.
- mistermann 8y agoSome technologies can't be derailed by human stupidity and selfishness, I'm not so sure driverless cars qualify as one of them.
- pjc50 8y ago20 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 agoIt 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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