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We have not stopped "innovating new things", this is a far more innovative time than any in history, with maybe an exception or two. I think this is a situation
by gilbetron 5y ago
We have not stopped "innovating new things", this is a far more innovative time than any in history, with maybe an exception or two. I think this is a situation where the person just doesn't see the innovation happening, or understand what innovation is. What we do have is a lack of giant, obvious innovations. Horse to cars was big. Horses to telephones was big. Planes were big. Asphalt roads where big.
We don't have a lot of this going on - or more specifically, going from a rural farm life to industrial city life was a single huge step, and now any huge steps get buried in the massive crush of other innovation.
Going from nothing to 1 of something is an infinite step. Going from a million of something to 2 million is paltry in comparison, but 1,000,000 is much bigger than 1.
- malfist 5y agoI think cell phones and smartphones are a great example of a horses -> cars in the modern time. There's only "no innovation" if you start with that conclusion and don't look for contrary examples.
- kwertyoowiyop 5y agoAnd how we use our cell phones has undergone a sea change since 2010, though their form factor hasn’t changed dramatically since then.
- xixixao 5y agoSpaceX is trying (and already succeeding) to massively innovate spaceships. The only question is whether it will become really useful or not.
- kwertyoowiyop 5y agoSo true. Innovations used to be highly visible in our streets, cities, and skies. Now the innovations are in our homes and pockets.
- 6gvONxR4sf7o 5y agoWorking from home for such a large part of the population has to be an asphalt roads moment.