Robert Gordon makes a similar claim in his works, that the pace of technological discovery has slowed down. He has a lot of numbers to back his claim up. I thi

Robert Gordon makes a similar claim in his works, that the pace of technological discovery has slowed down. He has a lot of numbers to back his claim up. I think we have invested a lot of time and energy in social solutions rather than technical solutions compare to the mid-20th century. The biggest example of this is the worldwide adoption of English as a lingua franca. It's not high tech for sure, but it's a sea change in human civilization that has had many positive effects for hundreds of millions of people, and that number will only grow. Now does this effort conflict with science and technology? I don't know, but it seems like since the 1960s we have focused more of our efforts on global convergence rather than pushing frontiers.