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In the 50s, they were predicting that cars would be flying and nuclear powered by the 80s. That's what I think about with accelerating magnitude of advances. Wh
by goatlover 5y ago
In the 50s, they were predicting that cars would be flying and nuclear powered by the 80s. That's what I think about with accelerating magnitude of advances. What we have now seems much more like the expected linear progress of 70 years, helped along by the computing revolution, where most of the actual magnitudes of progress has occurred.
- zardo 5y ago> In the 50s, they were predicting that cars would be flying and nuclear powered by the 80s Who is the 'they' in this statement? (I think this may say more about what sort of statements get hyped and remembered, than what reasonable people thought)
- AnimalMuppet 5y agoThey predicted flying nuclear cars, but not driving 100,000 miles before the first tune-up.