Is technology still advancing at a rapid pace? How much faster/better are the newest smartphones compared 3 year old smartphones, for instance? Are we seeing a general slowdown in technological progress?
Really don’t see any major difference between newer phones and older ones. Think it’s more a consumerist thing.
Every one wants the newest thing even though it’s not much better than the previous and could actually be worse in some cases.
They started doing innovative things like removing the headphone jack and sd cards.
Govt technology is, but consumer tech isn't since companies know that we wont do shit if they release the same tech 4 times in a row
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No it's all downhill (or flatlined) from here if what @MarquisDeSade has mentioned is correct.
it has slowed dramatically
In our collective global descent into hell.
this corps planned obsolescence maxxing
consumerism is what mostly drives advances in technology so expect most electronic things to suck and break easily. Planned obsolescence is what keeps dipshit soys spending their slave dollars.
As far as raw computing tech goes Moores Law leveled out about 10 years ago. Cpu's basically flatlined ever since then. 4% improvement here and there, big whoop. Apple's new M1 chip is the first legit technological improvement in the last decade - mobile chips are now both faster and more efficient than conventional CPUs.
I notice the slowdown a lot since I have not done any gaming the past 10 years, the last FPS I played was Battlefield 2 and the first COD Modern Warfare and the graphics in the latest FPS games don't look very much better to me.
Now its just the prices of computer psrts keep going higher and higher with hardly any improvement. I can't even upgrade my hard drives anymore because it's like over $500 for a 4TB drive now? Like wtf. Last time I upgraded drives was 7 years ago and I bought a couple 8TB drives for less than that.
I notice the slowdown a lot since I have not done any gaming the past 10 years, the last FPS I played was Battlefield 2 and the first COD Modern Warfare and the graphics in the latest FPS games don't look very much better to me.
Now its just the prices of computer psrts keep going higher and higher with hardly any improvement. I can't even upgrade my hard drives anymore because it's like over $500 for a 4TB drive now? Like wtf. Last time I upgraded drives was 7 years ago and I bought a couple 8TB drives for less than that.
I think a decline in progression is inevitable.
Like from the phone I have now back to an iPhone 5s; not much of a notable difference in performance or ability.
Like from the phone I have now back to an iPhone 5s; not much of a notable difference in performance or ability.
[UWSL]Semi’s use to be simple, easy to repair and would just run million plus miles.[/UWSL]
Now they last an average of about 5 years because of all the crap that’s been stuffed in them.
Not good for something that costs 180k.
Sammy puts it in words that I struggle to, but while at the base level, we may be seeing large advancements in component performance, at the same, sometimes a faster pace technology is becoming ever more bloated with useless gimmicks. Cars really suffer from this.
Back in 2015, I bought my car for 18000 euros and I could buy the "fastest" diesel engine, with some optional extras, and that gave me a surprisingly driver-oriented car that was light. Sure, a diesel hatchback isn't the peak of sportiness, but it isn't bloated with as much useless tech, it has basic safety systems, a well sorted out infotainment system, a manual AC, none of which are intrusive to driving the car. I love that thing.
But now I'm looking to buy a faster car for more efficient coping, and everywhere I look cars are now full of huge infotainment screens, steering wheels with too many buttons, automatic ACs that pretend to be smart, touchscreens that require taking the eyes of the road for adjusting radio volume, drive modes that make no sense in a sub-300hp car, fake engine noises from the speakers, the list goes on so long it's ridiculous, and then they add garbage like lane assist so you don't crash while you're wrestling your car's bloat.
The worst part? You can avoid a lot of that shit if you buy the base model, but if you want the big engine? Tough fucking shit, now you're FORCED to pay for a bunch of dead weight, glorified e-waste you don't fucking want. Yeah, real sporty, car manufacturers
So really, any advancement in technology is immediately eclipsed by the addition of more trash.
When the old generation of scientists retire and get replaced by wokies, that's when technology will actually start flatlining. Ain't got no time to do research when you have to promote diversity and inclusiveness.
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Nah it came to a massive halt.
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