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[–] Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago (3 children)

It is actually wild to think about the progress humanity has made in the last hundred years or so, we went from the Wright brothers to walking on the moon in a human lifetime.

[–] ImplyingImplications@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The only thing separating modern man from caveman is education, and that explains an awful lot about the world.

[–] GenderNeutralBro@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Writing is hella OP. Please nerf.

[–] pragmakist@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

The Secret Superpower of Civilization.

(Reading is also kinda neat!)

[–] GrammatonCleric@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Technological progress is exponential.

[–] sinkingship@mander.xyz 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I think that's true for only a planet with indefinite resources. We haven't really hit many caps yet, but I believe things will start to slow down within a lifetime.

[–] Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago

We're also, in my view, hitting the limits of what certain technologies can do. Internal combustion engines, for example, are near the limit of what they can do as far as efficiency is concerned. We're also bumping into the limits as far as semiconductors are concerned.

There's also diminishing returns with trying to wring out the very last piece of efficiency from a system, so yes, I do think we're going to see a plateau in terms of technological progress, at least in some areas.

[–] Reddfugee42@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Written language. No joke. It allowed us to grow collectively, logarithmically.

[–] Crashumbc@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Exactly, knowledge retention across generations. It's probably one of the reasons ( and ability to make tools), dolphins didn't become an advanced civilization.