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Also there hasn't been much innovation in aviation since the first passenger jet came out back in 1952. Cars were also pretty much perfected by the late ~40s or
by wqaatwt 2y ago
Also there hasn't been much innovation in aviation since the first passenger jet came out back in 1952. Cars were also pretty much perfected by the late ~40s or so, only insignificant refinements since then.
- hugh-avherald 2y agoElectricity is basically how it was in the 19th century.
- ta_1138 2y agoNot if you look at safety, max performance, reliability or efficiency. Drive a 1940s car and compare. Hell, try a sports car from the early 80s.
- throw0101c 2y ago> Not if you look at safety, max performance, reliability or efficiency. Drive a 1940s car and compare. Hell, try a sports car from the early 80s. By the late 1920s >80% of US households had at least one automobile, and even if they had stopped improving, the productivity change of going from (steam/oil-powered) train and animal power (the primary options pre-1910) had made a transportation step change in the US by the 1930s: * https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2924825-fighting-traffic https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2924825-fighting-traffic By the 1960s >60% of households had two cars. So yes, there have been incremental improvements, but the transformation change in society was done decades ago.
- wqaatwt 2y agoYes, certainly. That was supposed to be a sarcastic reply to the comment above.