All Things Tech

I may return to being a Samsung user if their next Flip phone has better battery and charging speed with lower price lol.

You have to be impressed.... 

I saw that earlier today...creepy!

...still not for me...

I am not keen on hoovering, but that's a lot of money....

Hoovering?

You know most of the 20th century was chocked full of technological advancements from buggy whips to landing on the moon, even vacuum cleaners, electric lights and toasters.

But I wonder if that scale of advancement has slowed and if so, why? Seems to me that now we just make things smaller. We had computers in the 1970's, now we can hold them in one hand.

A vacuum cleaner made life better, has taking selfies made life better?

I don't do selfies, but they seem to inspire a lot of joy in the world.

Maybe even more than hoovering..........

No, I don't think it has to do with "running out of ideas". It's worse. Innovation requires, I think, a balance between "aversion to loss" and "risk-taking for gains".

As government grows ever larger intruding on peoples' lives, culture itself is affected I suspect. Some people are of course more risk adverse than others. But the promise of "cradle to grave" entitlements might increase risk aversion among the population. Today in fact, we are basically told that if only people would follow medical mandates, mask, isolate and shut-down non-essential business, nobody need ever get sick and die. (Bit of exaggeration, but you get the point.)

Innovation requires risk. Cradle to grave entitlements and a nanny state may sound nice and cozy, but I suggest quite the opposite.

I can agree to an extent. I think we are also held back a lot by companies who want us to stay in old ways that make them profit now, and they might even convince us their ways are still best when it's not true anymore. They even spend money on campaigns to thwart new ideas at times if it would cost less than having to actually switch to a new idea. They don't want to have to spend money to change to anything until there's too much pressure on them to finally be forced to advance..

I look at powerlines as an example... even though the technology is there to place them underground already, do they? No, they don't want to spend the money to make it happen because the old way is still cheaper for them, but yet storms are growing stronger and more violent, and power outages are going to become far more common.

I think that is why most of the power cuts here are in places out in the wilds now. It does become a major issue when they get an underground fault though. I would imagine that an earthquake area would be a problem.

Earthquakes?

We need more people with your positive outlook.

The developements being made are  simply amazing.

Not one bit Heather. Why start playing by the rules now?