As if you could compare the creative process for different innovations on a spreadsheet. I heard someone talking about how innovative Bell Labs was. Which act

As if you could compare the creative process for different innovations on a spreadsheet. I heard someone talking about how innovative Bell Labs was. Which actually collected a 1 or 2 percent charge on every phone bill for decades. Well, you BETTER deliver something if you're sucking up that kind of money. I'm more inclined to thin that people are mentally compressing the past and comparing it to how slowly this moment seems to be going by. Of course it feels like nothing significant is happening. The reality is that we are all learning about whats going on much faster than every before. Maybe we aren't coming up with things that are truly unique because we are not as isolated anymore, just as we probably won't be encountering any new languages from here on out.