It actually doesn’t though. I read that somewhere about true innovation and invention.
Human nature really underestimates how long it takes for things.
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Yes and no
The technology we acquired from CSIRO came out of other research, and we developed rapidly
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Thats a good deal for CBA.
Is that because true innovation just seems to “appear” to the general public, and the years, decades etc of hard work is hidden from view. The concept of the “eureka” moment is reinforced over and over in popular culture, but ignores everything that goes behind that.
But also, that work has been in work for ages, so the possibility that those breakthroughs are imminent, or already made is the bit that potentially drives rapid innovation from this point.
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And for China
Yeah that’s what I mean. It takes a lot longer than people think.
Not an awful lot of meaningful things have been added in 20 years.
Delete the smart phone.
How are many peoples lives that different?
It’s not as much as you assume if you dig into it.
The big life changing inventions are pretty thin.
It’s not like we are living through an age like when electricity was invented or flight. These were some of the big ones.
A lot of other stuff is very iterative. Just improvements.(or some say the opposite)
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Sorry Handy One, for I have been involved with research scientists for nearly 50 years and there are definitely many lightbulb moments.
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I don’t agree. The last 20 to 25 years there have been massive advancements.
Mobile phones are huge. Then there is wifi, bluetooth, and 3,4, and 5G. Social media changed the way we interact. Facebook, youtube, twitter, etc.
GPS is a big one. Remember having to drive around with a street directory open on your lap? Now its all integrated into apps covering logistics that go way beyond google maps.
Medical advancements are huge. Stem cell research, genome mapping, mRNA vaccines, etc.
AI is getting baked into everything. I have a robot vacuum cleaner and lawn mower that I can remotely schedule to run. Flat screen TV’s… I have an 86 and a 75 inch TV plus a projector in my man-cave theatre room that projects footy at 150inches with wireless speakers and media is streamed from my server computer.
Elecric cars and solar power. I can use a smart charger to store excess power generated then use that stored power at night or if there is power loss. Cars can update automatically changing functionality.
I can set my aircon at home for before i get home. Same with cars. I can control many functions in my house, car, speakers, and phone with my voice.
There are thousands more but the above listed are life changing. Its easy to think there hasnt been big advancements because you are experiencing them real time. If you went to sleep in 2000 and woke up in 2024 the jump in innovation would be awe inspiring.
Virtual and Augmented reality are a couple of extra impressive ones.
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Setting your aircon on a timer
Talking to an appliance
These things aren’t huge.
Electricity was huge.(then refrigeration probably)
Flight was huge.
This other stuff?
If you brought someone into today from the early 80s they would go wow and cool.
But it’s not revolutionary.
Re: health life expectancy hasn’t jumped for decades. It’s hovered around 75-80 for a long time.
There has been more remarkable times to be alive than now.
We took humans to the moon/space in the 1960s.
I don’t think we will see Mars for maybe another 40-50 years min. Probably longer
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Being a car thread the advancements have been huge from a safety perspective.
Think of things like lane keep assist, dynamic cruise control, driver monitoring, 360 degree cameras, parking/collision warnings, automatic breaking/collision avoidance. My 2022 Santa Fe even has a remote parking function where I can back the car in and out of a tight car space with the key fob and it wont let me crash it into anything and adjusts steering aswell in this mode.
Truly incredible.
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It’s the little things
But yeah full self driving cars you would think would be pretty revolutionary
Yeah that is definitely coming. I think eventually it will be illegal to drive yourself.
Flying cars will come in the future also.
The fact that electricty demands will be generated by solar and wind is also amazing.
We have had windmills for quite some time.
You’d think they’d be more impressed with time travel!
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True, but not the batteries to store the power and the ai smarts to have it feed into the grid within a second of being called on due to capacity not being met by other power generation methods right?
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PHEV also get the benefits
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It’s my favourite modern car feature 
Where do things like CRISPR fit?
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