Skinny-Fetus t1_j1plcxw wrote on December 26, 2022 at 10:45 AM

Idk seems like your conclusion that technology has progressed a lot previously is based on a few centuries of history. While the examples of technology not progressing as much by comparison youve given are from like the last 10 years. So your examples show that tech has advanced more in the last few centuries than in the last 10 years or so.

Don't you see the problem there? Question is, has technology progressed any slower in the last 10 years than it did let's say in 1970-1980? I don't think so. I'd say it's the opposite.

NoxTheorem t1_j1taoyq wrote on December 27, 2022 at 5:41 AM

This really illustrated how fast were going.

If you compare 1900 - 1922 and 2000 - 2022.

We are innovating an unimaginable speeds.

basafish OP t1_j1pm0hk wrote on December 26, 2022 at 10:54 AM

The problem I was posing was not how fast tech progresses, it was how much impact it has on society. I mean, new technology doesn't save many lives but back then new technology in agriculture, medicine in 70-80s saved billions of lives.

Skinny-Fetus t1_j1pm64p wrote on December 26, 2022 at 10:57 AM

Sure that might be true. Seems like just a symptom of success tho. At some point you start to run out of lives to save. For example, today more people die of obesity than starvation. So agricultural advancements just will not save as many lives as 50 years ago cuz there are not as many starving people that need saving.

If a society with horrible living conditions like most of the world in the 1900s gets tech, the period where most lives are saved will eventually pass as that tech succeeds in improving living conditions. If we were constantly saving millions or billions of lives with new tech, we have a problem. Where are all these extra people in peril coming from?

Surur t1_j1pn6sx wrote on December 26, 2022 at 11:12 AM

> The problem I was posing was not how fast tech progresses, it was how much impact it has on society.

You really think things like Amazon deliveries (powered by amazing logistics not possible without computerization) did not have a profound impact on society?

goelrishabh09 t1_j1vjnig wrote on December 27, 2022 at 6:46 PM

This is why i think while asking question we need to be to the point and not add our other assumptions. Assumptions can be added as comments and they can make threads explaining only that assumption. A few better writers can judge the main question and can respond to all points in detail and sidelining all assumptions or side questions. But merging questions and assumptions might confuse many experts and they end up skipping the discussion.

NoxTheorem t1_j1tbbzu wrote on December 27, 2022 at 5:47 AM

You have to be young to think this... We're innovating at an incredible rate, in every industry across the board. Massive social changes, influenced by technology are happening every decade.