"This idea persists in part because Americans cannot resist the allure of “progress” i think the UK was a huge part of the information revolution in the 20th c

"This idea persists in part because Americans cannot resist the allure of “progress” i think the UK was a huge part of the information revolution in the 20th century, not to mention centuries of European technologies that had little to do with current American culture. I also suspect there will be new countries jumping in soon and contributing hugely to upcoming IT innovations. I don't think there's much doubt about technological progress at least in info-tech, the singularity is a different conversation that actually includes philosophical questions of consciousness.