starman ( starman@programming.dev ) to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 years agoWhat's the greatest invention of 21st century, in your opinion?message-squaremessage-square53linkfedilinkarrow-up145file-text
arrow-up145message-squareWhat's the greatest invention of 21st century, in your opinion?starman ( starman@programming.dev ) to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square53linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareHexorg ( Hexorg@beehaw.org ) linkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-22 years agoGood point! I wonder if we’re spoiled by computer invention though. Would be interesting to compare preWW2 invention rates and now. I suspect computers just made everything else easier, but now we’re back to hard problems
minus-squareDr. Bob ( DrBob@lemmy.ca ) linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agoAgreed. These are genuinely difficult problems that aren’t going to get solved by our current crop of silicon valley “geniuses”.
Good point! I wonder if we’re spoiled by computer invention though. Would be interesting to compare preWW2 invention rates and now. I suspect computers just made everything else easier, but now we’re back to hard problems
Agreed. These are genuinely difficult problems that aren’t going to get solved by our current crop of silicon valley “geniuses”.