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I think technological progress has slowed down dramatically. in 60 years we went from the first plane to landing on the moon. We haven't been back to the moon

I think technological progress has slowed down dramatically. in 60 years we went from the first plane to landing on the moon. We haven't been back to the moon since. The invention of electricity, atomic theory, radio, the internal combustion engine were all far more world changing inventions than anything we've developed over the last 60 years, including the Internet. For instance, we are desperately trying to keep Iran from getting hold of 60 year old technology (uranium refining)! I love studying the period in history between the franco-prussian war and World War II (1871-1940). The speed at which technology snuck up on the world and completely changed it was astonishing.

Jeema3000 16y ago
I tend to actually think that the period during and immediately after World War 2 saw an even greater increase in terms of technology. Think about this, for example: In 1940, the US army air force's best fighter plane was probably the P-40: a piston-driven, straight-wing, propeller-driven aircraft that had a top speed of 360mph. A mere 20 years later they were using the F-106 Delta Dart, a jet-powered, delta wing aircraft that had a top speed of 1,525mph (Mach 2.3)...
dlnovell 16y ago
I'm not sure how you don't qualify the internet as being as world-changing as the rest of the inventions you've listed. Perhaps that being a part of the revolution it's caused has blinded you to it's dramatic influence on the direction of human progress?