I feel like we are in the 40s when everyone was talking about the “atomic age”, or the late 90s with internet. Fission technology did change the world, but not

I feel like we are in the 40s when everyone was talking about the “atomic age”, or the late 90s with internet. Fission technology did change the world, but not the way people expected, and not to the extent they were hoping in the areas they thought about most (energy prices). Internet has honestly lived up to expectations and more, but it took longer than people expected, and at least right now it’s way more centralized than anybody had ever guessed it would become. Personally I think AI is going, over decades, to lead to huge changes on par with the invention of the computer and Internet, but like the computer and internet, it will be more gradual than we think. It’s already happening and we aren’t at the beginning, we’re just near some kind of dotcom-style inflection point IMO. Don’t get too caught up in the hype! Anyway, the problem I have with posts like these is they simplify and confidently state things that take asymmetrically large amounts of text to refute or refine, because there are several other points (like blanket suggesting 2meals/day) I take issue with, and others I really like (renting/going carless) but are presented without the context or reasoning to justify them. Most of these points would require their own post to do them justice IMO