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> don't forget that we have already built and are living in a prosperous civilization I don't think thats true for the west. The only impressive progress we ha
by MrBuddyCasino 6y ago
> don't forget that we have already built and are living in a prosperous civilization
I don't think thats true for the west. The only impressive progress we have made for the last 50 years was in computer hardware and software. Sure, we are somewhat comfortable, we got a bit better at producing things, but if compare that with 1850-1950? Its not even a competition.
- ploika 6y agoThat's pure HN solipsism. I don't know how you can look at plummeting rates of illiteracy, child mortality, polio(!) and countless other scourges on humanity and conclude that no impressive progress has been made since 1950 outside of computers. The first (internal) organ transplant was only in 1954. The amount of progress made in medicine and pharmaceuticals alone is staggering.