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iNstein t1_j6awpms wrote

Could you tell me what technologies changed in the field of chemical engineering from 2003 to 2013 vs what changes occurred between 2013 and 2023? How about in mining? Metallurgy? Shipping? Logistics? Battery tech? Automation? Farming? agriculture? Computational analysis? Food science? Marine biology? Packaging tech? Geology? Construction etc etc.

You only know the tiny tiny tiny little bit that you directly experience every day. When tgat gets disrupted them of course you notice, smart phones and internet apos grab your attention. You do not see all the other stuff that happens in the background to all these other fields because you are not looking and wouldn't understand even if you did.

You also conveniently left out stuff that you should have noticed like the huge advances in space tech (reusable rocket), electric cars, battery tech, renewable tech, cheaper solar and wind and obviously AI which is head and shoulders more important than anything else that has ever been done.

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r0cket-b0i t1_j6c48w9 wrote

>ed between 2013 and 2023? How about in mining? Metallurgy? Shipping? Logistics? Battery tech? Automation? Farming? agriculture? Computational analysis?

Exactly that! - extreme case of cherry picking/

If I judge by evolution of a toaster in past 20 years, oh boy the progress is really shit, toaster still toasts 2 slices of bread (while our exponential expectations were about toasting 1 billion slices) it still does not talk, does not walk and does not please you sexualy, still requires electricity and all - zero progress, how can one expect any thing to come out from AI, LEV or fusion if toasters are still like that.

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TheOGCrackSniffer t1_j6coq3m wrote

if we're being technical toasters from 20 years ago pale in comparison to some of the toasters we have today

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gangstasadvocate t1_j6d3rro wrote

Really? I thought there have always been bad and good toasters, the restaurant quality ones with a good clarified butter for the industrial type of toast, and then the residential ones.

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