This is the point. You can’t draw a straight line into the future and say, “the impact of x will be y.” 1) Humans are terrible predictors of the future. 2) Li

This is the point. You can’t draw a straight line into the future and say, “the impact of x will be y.” 1) Humans are terrible predictors of the future. 2) Linear progression isn’t really a thing in multi step, complex technology progressions The impact of the steam engine was nuclear weapons. Direct line. Predictable? Spot on analysis.