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No. I think what we consider technology now will be very different in 100 years. Where previously, the discovery of fire or the invention of wheels were technol

No. I think what we consider technology now will be very different in 100 years. Where previously, the discovery of fire or the invention of wheels were technology and no one at the time could conceive of the idea of the Internet let alone ML. I believe in 100 years, there will be so much progress in technology that the idea that technology is limited by physics will be absurd. We're living in an incredible time of free education to the masses via MOOCs and even YouTube tutorials. We have expanded knowledge sharing and learning at a rate that has never been seen in history. That being said, all this is if we manage to advance our technology fast enough so we can survive climate change and wars at massively destructive scale.

alexgmcm 7y ago
Indeed. Michelson once said "… it seems probable that most of the grand underlying principles have been firmly established … An eminent physicist remarked that the future truths of physical science are to be looked for in the sixth place of decimals." I think the pessimists of today will be proven wrong in a similar manner.
jacquesm 7y ago
> the idea that technology is limited by physics will be absurd What I find absurd is that one could think that physical limits on technology are absurd. Physical limits are exactly the limits on technology, no more no less. The question is what those limits really are and in some cases we do not yet know them but for the most part we have a pretty good idea of what is and is not possible technology wise. It is simply up to us to try to maximize our potential within those limits.
- LadyChillalot 7y ago
  > The question is what those limits really are and in some cases we do not yet know them but for the most part we have a pretty good idea of what is and is not possible technology wise. I don't think so. We have no idea what those limits really are. What you're saying now would be like someone from the 1850s, before the invention of electricity, claims that there's no way that we can communicate instantaneously with people on the other side of the planet, actually scratch that, make that people from the next town over, because PHYSICS! I mean, it just isn't possible because we're limited by the physical distance, right? I think it's silly to think that we can even predict what the new physical limits will look like in 100 years. At least I hope that is the case. Still pissed off that we don't have flying cars yet though.

alexgmcm 7y ago

Indeed. Michelson once said "… it seems probable that most of the grand underlying principles have been firmly established … An eminent physicist remarked that the future truths of physical science are to be looked for in the sixth place of decimals." I think the pessimists of today will be proven wrong in a similar manner.

jacquesm 7y ago

> the idea that technology is limited by physics will be absurd What I find absurd is that one could think that physical limits on technology are absurd. Physical limits are exactly the limits on technology, no more no less. The question is what those limits really are and in some cases we do not yet know them but for the most part we have a pretty good idea of what is and is not possible technology wise. It is simply up to us to try to maximize our potential within those limits.

LadyChillalot 7y ago
> The question is what those limits really are and in some cases we do not yet know them but for the most part we have a pretty good idea of what is and is not possible technology wise. I don't think so. We have no idea what those limits really are. What you're saying now would be like someone from the 1850s, before the invention of electricity, claims that there's no way that we can communicate instantaneously with people on the other side of the planet, actually scratch that, make that people from the next town over, because PHYSICS! I mean, it just isn't possible because we're limited by the physical distance, right? I think it's silly to think that we can even predict what the new physical limits will look like in 100 years. At least I hope that is the case. Still pissed off that we don't have flying cars yet though.