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In 50 years society will look back on this thing, much like we did with the computers of the 1950s and laugh.
by systematical 14y ago
In 50 years society will look back on this thing, much like we did with the computers of the 1950s and laugh.
- 3rd3 14y agoWhat if we get bored of increasing progress?
- geuis 14y agoThat's an interesting idea. What if, culturally, we get tired of rapid change? In many ways, this has happened before. After Zheng He returned with the Chinese trading fleet, a change in leadership caused China to turn back in in itself for centuries. The ships were burned in the docks. After a fashion, the Middle Ages in Europe was step-back from progress for several hundred years. Islamic culture is currently in the middle of an event like this right now. (Yes, controversial. I'd be happy to share my thoughts on why if anyone asks.) Lots of contributing reasons add in to these events, but the net result is the same. It's not impossible that we could see a regression again that takes a long time to recover from in the future.
- javajosh 14y agoFlushing out the standard model is not progress.
- misnome 14y agoOr rather, look back and be amazed at how they did it with such limited technology.
- reportingsjr 14y ago"They ran the LHC on less computing power than your holodeck!"
- dolphenstein 14y agoI don't think computer and collider technology necessarily correlate. The ISR collider was built over 40 years ago. People aren't generating exotic subatomic particles in their backyard quite yet.