> I'd argue we haven't made such large, significant technology leaps in such a short span (...) I can talk to and see someone in Japan (and she can see me too!

> I'd argue we haven't made such large, significant technology leaps in such a short span (...) I can talk to and see someone in Japan (and she can see me too!) with the cellphone in my pocket. I can find my position anywhere in the globe, down to an accuracy of 10 m, with a $ 100 gadget. It can also give me directions in realtime. I can type something on Google and find more information about it than I could ever read/watch. When I was a kid, just 20 years ago, those things weren't available neither affordable. I only had available to me payphones, maps and encyclopedias, inventions from the XVIII, XVI and I centuries, respectively. Now think about that.