It'd be interesting to actually try to make some objective assessment because I feel there's a combo of two things: - There was a moment of explosive growth wh

It'd be interesting to actually try to make some objective assessment because I feel there's a combo of two things: - There was a moment of explosive growth where low hanging fruit came in reach and we're at the top of the S-curve for a lot of major technology changes. We're still seeing innovation but it's in efficiency and smaller scale improvements. - Technological progress was a large part of propaganda in the Cold War. Now in an era of globalization that's significantly less important. Which is to say that breakthroughs are still happening but they're not tied to national identity and defeat of an existential threat. I think the idea that VC funding (aka Silicon Valley) will result in technological innovation is also flawed. It's always seemed far more focused on exploiting prior innovation and really about funding business model innovation.