I never said we are not progressing anymore - just not as fast as before, and we were quite fast (log scale!). The fact that authors did believe we would have

I never said we are not progressing anymore - just not as fast as before, and we were quite fast (log scale!). The fact that authors did believe we would have colonies on the Moon or Mars, or flying cars etc should tell you something too - we are not dreaming big anymore, even worse : we discard past dreams. Look at a GDP per capita curve and see the deep cut. Nothing that big ever before - expect the great depression, where no billion dollar stimulus was applied. Many other factors play of course, but a generally accepted key element for long term grow per capita is technological progress. Maybe I'm stuck in my niche but I seem to notice something - and share the opinion of other people who seems to spot something too.