"How much repetitive and empty of creativity most of life tasks are." The era of rapid technological progress has led to the fetishization of novelty. It is ne

"How much repetitive and empty of creativity most of life tasks are." The era of rapid technological progress has led to the fetishization of novelty. It is new, therefore it must be much better that what came before. That era has ended somewhere in the late XX century, possibly in the '70s. The technological landscape hasn't changed much since with the notable exception of mobile computing. Time to grow up. Edit. Something that blows my mind. From 1900 by 1970 (70 years) the world moved from flight being a remote dream to Boeing 747. From 1970 to 2020 (next 50 years), hundreds of 747 are still on active duty, and the successor 777 is merely marginally more efficient.