Technology is going to eventually liberate the world

[anotherlife]

In that case, the best technology development would currently be something that eliminates the human population as commodity.

Uh...no. Not even a little. You could make the case that "the best technology would be something that eliminates the human element" - but definitely not the human population. You do understand that technology, machines, etc. only exist to serve man. If we eliminate man, there is absolutely no purpose whatsoever for their existence.

One could make the same argument about the purpose of human existence and its creator if the creator decides to self destruct. But my thinking was rather about the problem that humans are commodities when in an industrialized power structure. This way population statistics can and do present the greatest danger for human well being, thus a prime candidate for technological targeting.

 

[SixFoot]

I predict trash services will be null and void once 3D-printers start recycling household trash.

That would have to be decades away because the printers can't just utilize anything. They need specific "filament".

In the last year, I've seen printers come out that could utilize powdered materials, glass, ceramic, and even printers that can print multiple materials at the same time. Currently, I believe 3D printers are today what PC's were in the late 80's.

I'd say 20 years tops, and 3D printers will have created a technological revolution that eclipses even the impact of the World Wide Web.

 

[sealybobo]

Nobody has predicted even the PC. So it is impossible to tell what technology will do, free people or enslave people. But if history is anything to go by, then technology will not free people but will enslave people instead.

The people who control the technology will use it to enslave the masses.

If technology ever got smart enough it would realize we are its only threat and it'd wipe us out if it could.

 

[sealybobo]

In that case, the best technology development would currently be something that eliminates the human population as commodity.

Uh...no. Not even a little. You could make the case that "the best technology would be something that eliminates the human element" - but definitely not the human population. You do understand that technology, machines, etc. only exist to serve man. If we eliminate man, there is absolutely no purpose whatsoever for their existence.

One could make the same argument about the purpose of human existence and its creator if the creator decides to self destruct. But my thinking was rather about the problem that humans are commodities when in an industrialized power structure. This way population statistics can and do present the greatest danger for human well being, thus a prime candidate for technological targeting.

Hopefully we don't have wars in the future and people will live to 100. Smart cars will mean less fatal crashes. We're going to have to cut down on the number of kids we have.

Or maybe in the future you buy salmon eggs and just home grow your fish.

 

[P@triot]

In that case, the best technology development would currently be something that eliminates the human population as commodity.

Uh...no. Not even a little. You could make the case that "the best technology would be something that eliminates the human element" - but definitely not the human population. You do understand that technology, machines, etc. only exist to serve man. If we eliminate man, there is absolutely no purpose whatsoever for their existence.

One could make the same argument about the purpose of human existence and its creator if the creator decides to self destruct. But my thinking was rather about the problem that humans are commodities when in an industrialized power structure. This way population statistics can and do present the greatest danger for human well being, thus a prime candidate for technological targeting.

What? That's completely different. Man doesn't exist to support God. Technology exists to support man. You're comparing apples to telephone poles there.

 

[Weatherman2020]

Awesome story about how one man is leveraging technology to enlighten the people of North Korea...

He Calls Himself ‘Free Man’

Technology is fizzling. What is new in the past 50 years is primarily used for entertainment.

 

[P@triot]

Hopefully we don't have wars in the future and people will live to 100.

We will always have wars because there will always be evil. The only question is how will technology be leveraged in those wars. I'd like to see a huge push towards defensive systems like Ronald Reagan's "Star Wars". If we can get to a point where we have some type of "missile shield" that protects us, then we alleviate concerns and new offensive capabilities cease to be a threat to us.

 

[P@triot]

Awesome story about how one man is leveraging technology to enlighten the people of North Korea...

He Calls Himself ‘Free Man’

Technology is fizzling. What is new in the past 50 years is primarily used for entertainment.

"Fizzling"? You're kidding - right?!?

Voice Over IP isn't used for "entertainment". Neither is encryption. While the Internet is certainly heavily used for entertainment, it is equally as heavily used for learning, e-commerce, communication, and collaboration. GPS has been developed in the last 50 years and is nearly never used for "entertainment". WikiLeaks has exposed secrets and made governments more accountable to the people?

As a consultant - I was once involved in a project to roll out a "medical robot" at a healthcare facility. From literally anywhere in the world - a physician could see a patient. The robot had built in blood pressure cuff, heart rate monitor, etc. which would provide all of the vitals in real time to the physician. There were cameras, mics, and speakers for the physician and patient to interact. The physician could steer the robot through out the facility from patient room to patient room. The applications were near limitless. If a patient came in that didn't speak English, a physician from their nation could be engaged to provide the exam. If a physician on site was stumped, the best specialists in the world could be consulted.

Technology is far from "fizzling" - it is rapidly accelerating. It's making the world safer, it's expanding our life expectancy, and it's allowing us to achieve more in less time.

 

[Weatherman2020]

Awesome story about how one man is leveraging technology to enlighten the people of North Korea...

He Calls Himself ‘Free Man’

Technology is fizzling. What is new in the past 50 years is primarily used for entertainment.

"Fizzling"? You're kidding - right?!?

Voice Over IP isn't used for "entertainment". Neither is encryption. While the Internet is certainly heavily used for entertainment, it is equally as heavily used for learning, e-commerce, communication, and collaboration. GPS has been developed in the last 50 years and is nearly never used for "entertainment". WikiLeaks has exposed secrets and made governments more accountable to the people?

As a consultant - I was once involved in a project to roll out a "medical robot" at a healthcare facility. From literally anywhere in the world - a physician could see a patient. The robot had built in blood pressure cuff, heart rate monitor, etc. which would provide all of the vitals in real time to the physician. There were cameras, mics, and speakers for the physician and patient to interact. The physician could steer the robot through out the facility from patient room to patient room. The applications were near limitless. If a patient came in that didn't speak English, a physician from their nation could be engaged to provide the exam. If a physician on site was stumped, the best specialists in the world could be consulted.

Technology is far from "fizzling" - it is rapidly accelerating. It's making the world safer, it's expanding our life expectancy, and it's allowing us to achieve more in less time.

Kids today are the dumbest they've ever been. People don't live much longer than they did 50 years ago. Doctors came to your home when you were sick.
My grandmother as a child rode horse drawn carriages, had no telephone or electricity in her home. Planes did not exist. I sat with her watching man land on the moon. Today, we can't get a man in space.

Yes, technology is fizzling.

 

[P@triot]

Awesome story about how one man is leveraging technology to enlighten the people of North Korea...

He Calls Himself ‘Free Man’

Technology is fizzling. What is new in the past 50 years is primarily used for entertainment.

"Fizzling"? You're kidding - right?!?

Voice Over IP isn't used for "entertainment". Neither is encryption. While the Internet is certainly heavily used for entertainment, it is equally as heavily used for learning, e-commerce, communication, and collaboration. GPS has been developed in the last 50 years and is nearly never used for "entertainment". WikiLeaks has exposed secrets and made governments more accountable to the people?

As a consultant - I was once involved in a project to roll out a "medical robot" at a healthcare facility. From literally anywhere in the world - a physician could see a patient. The robot had built in blood pressure cuff, heart rate monitor, etc. which would provide all of the vitals in real time to the physician. There were cameras, mics, and speakers for the physician and patient to interact. The physician could steer the robot through out the facility from patient room to patient room. The applications were near limitless. If a patient came in that didn't speak English, a physician from their nation could be engaged to provide the exam. If a physician on site was stumped, the best specialists in the world could be consulted.

Technology is far from "fizzling" - it is rapidly accelerating. It's making the world safer, it's expanding our life expectancy, and it's allowing us to achieve more in less time.

Kids today are the dumbest they've ever been. People don't live much longer than they did 50 years ago. Doctors came to your home when you were sick.
My grandmother as a child rode horse drawn carriages, had no telephone or electricity in her home. Planes did not exist. I sat with her watching man land on the moon. Today, we can't get a man in space.

Yes, technology is fizzling.

I just provided a dozen examples that say otherwise. You want to talk about space? We just reached Jupiter with the "Juno Probe" which was launched in 2011.

 

[Weatherman2020]

Awesome story about how one man is leveraging technology to enlighten the people of North Korea...

He Calls Himself ‘Free Man’

Technology is fizzling. What is new in the past 50 years is primarily used for entertainment.

"Fizzling"? You're kidding - right?!?

Voice Over IP isn't used for "entertainment". Neither is encryption. While the Internet is certainly heavily used for entertainment, it is equally as heavily used for learning, e-commerce, communication, and collaboration. GPS has been developed in the last 50 years and is nearly never used for "entertainment". WikiLeaks has exposed secrets and made governments more accountable to the people?

As a consultant - I was once involved in a project to roll out a "medical robot" at a healthcare facility. From literally anywhere in the world - a physician could see a patient. The robot had built in blood pressure cuff, heart rate monitor, etc. which would provide all of the vitals in real time to the physician. There were cameras, mics, and speakers for the physician and patient to interact. The physician could steer the robot through out the facility from patient room to patient room. The applications were near limitless. If a patient came in that didn't speak English, a physician from their nation could be engaged to provide the exam. If a physician on site was stumped, the best specialists in the world could be consulted.

Technology is far from "fizzling" - it is rapidly accelerating. It's making the world safer, it's expanding our life expectancy, and it's allowing us to achieve more in less time.

Kids today are the dumbest they've ever been. People don't live much longer than they did 50 years ago. Doctors came to your home when you were sick.
My grandmother as a child rode horse drawn carriages, had no telephone or electricity in her home. Planes did not exist. I sat with her watching man land on the moon. Today, we can't get a man in space.

Yes, technology is fizzling.

I just provided a dozen examples that say otherwise. You want to talk about space? We just reached Jupiter with the "Juno Probe" which was launched in 2011.

We were landing on planets over 40 years ago. Outside of entertainment, technology impact on mankind is minimal in the last 50 years.

 

[Weatherman2020]

My grandmother went from horse buggies to electricity to telephones to flying in jets to watching men walk on the moon.

In the last 50 years we still rely upon combustion engines, can't get a man in space, Doctor will see you in 6 weeks instead of immediately coming to your house and now we have the pinnacle of 21st century technology - Pokemon go.

 

[P@triot]

Awesome story about how one man is leveraging technology to enlighten the people of North Korea...

He Calls Himself ‘Free Man’

Technology is fizzling. What is new in the past 50 years is primarily used for entertainment.

"Fizzling"? You're kidding - right?!?

Voice Over IP isn't used for "entertainment". Neither is encryption. While the Internet is certainly heavily used for entertainment, it is equally as heavily used for learning, e-commerce, communication, and collaboration. GPS has been developed in the last 50 years and is nearly never used for "entertainment". WikiLeaks has exposed secrets and made governments more accountable to the people?

As a consultant - I was once involved in a project to roll out a "medical robot" at a healthcare facility. From literally anywhere in the world - a physician could see a patient. The robot had built in blood pressure cuff, heart rate monitor, etc. which would provide all of the vitals in real time to the physician. There were cameras, mics, and speakers for the physician and patient to interact. The physician could steer the robot through out the facility from patient room to patient room. The applications were near limitless. If a patient came in that didn't speak English, a physician from their nation could be engaged to provide the exam. If a physician on site was stumped, the best specialists in the world could be consulted.

Technology is far from "fizzling" - it is rapidly accelerating. It's making the world safer, it's expanding our life expectancy, and it's allowing us to achieve more in less time.

Kids today are the dumbest they've ever been. People don't live much longer than they did 50 years ago. Doctors came to your home when you were sick.
My grandmother as a child rode horse drawn carriages, had no telephone or electricity in her home. Planes did not exist. I sat with her watching man land on the moon. Today, we can't get a man in space.

Yes, technology is fizzling.

I just provided a dozen examples that say otherwise. You want to talk about space? We just reached Jupiter with the "Juno Probe" which was launched in 2011.

We were landing on planets over 40 years ago. Outside of entertainment, technology impact on mankind is minimal in the last 50 years.

No matter how many times you repeat a lie, it doesn't make it true. I've provided actual examples that refute your claim. You've provided nothing other than repeating the same bizarre opinion. Hell - my smartphone alone proves you wrong. I have video telephony capabilities on it. I use it for work, for communicating with family and friends, for email, and I have dozens of apps like banking, healthcare, etc. that makes my life easier. And speaking of banking - direct deposit sure as hell isn't "entertainment" but it's made life easier for people who used to spend their Friday nights sitting in line for hours to deposit their checks from work.

You're clearly one of those old grandparents who are out of touch with technology. You idea of "technology" is the Nintendo game console from 1988.

 

[P@triot]

My grandmother went from horse buggies to electricity to telephones to flying in jets to watching men walk on the moon.

In the last 50 years we still rely upon combustion engines, can't get a man in space, Doctor will see you in 6 weeks instead of immediately coming to your house and now we have the pinnacle of 21st century technology - Pokemon go.

Actually - I can see my doctor from the comforts of my own bed on my iPad and even my iPhone. So I don't have to go to my doctor and my doctor doesn't have to come to me. You just defeated your own position.

And the fact that you believe (key word) that the "pinnacle" of 21st Century technology is Pokemon kind of illustrates how out of touch you are with what is really going on in the world...

You're one of those "the world was SO much better in the 1950's" people. Don't worry - my mother is like that as well. I guess all old people are.

 

[Weatherman2020]

Technology is fizzling. What is new in the past 50 years is primarily used for entertainment.

"Fizzling"? You're kidding - right?!?

Voice Over IP isn't used for "entertainment". Neither is encryption. While the Internet is certainly heavily used for entertainment, it is equally as heavily used for learning, e-commerce, communication, and collaboration. GPS has been developed in the last 50 years and is nearly never used for "entertainment". WikiLeaks has exposed secrets and made governments more accountable to the people?

As a consultant - I was once involved in a project to roll out a "medical robot" at a healthcare facility. From literally anywhere in the world - a physician could see a patient. The robot had built in blood pressure cuff, heart rate monitor, etc. which would provide all of the vitals in real time to the physician. There were cameras, mics, and speakers for the physician and patient to interact. The physician could steer the robot through out the facility from patient room to patient room. The applications were near limitless. If a patient came in that didn't speak English, a physician from their nation could be engaged to provide the exam. If a physician on site was stumped, the best specialists in the world could be consulted.

Technology is far from "fizzling" - it is rapidly accelerating. It's making the world safer, it's expanding our life expectancy, and it's allowing us to achieve more in less time.

Kids today are the dumbest they've ever been. People don't live much longer than they did 50 years ago. Doctors came to your home when you were sick.
My grandmother as a child rode horse drawn carriages, had no telephone or electricity in her home. Planes did not exist. I sat with her watching man land on the moon. Today, we can't get a man in space.

Yes, technology is fizzling.

I just provided a dozen examples that say otherwise. You want to talk about space? We just reached Jupiter with the "Juno Probe" which was launched in 2011.

We were landing on planets over 40 years ago. Outside of entertainment, technology impact on mankind is minimal in the last 50 years.

No matter how many times you repeat a lie, it doesn't make it true. I've provided actual examples that refute your claim. You've provided nothing other than repeating the same bizarre opinion. Hell - my smartphone alone proves you wrong. I have video telephony capabilities on it. I use it for work, for communicating with family and friends, for email, and I have dozens of apps like banking, healthcare, etc. that makes my life easier. And speaking of banking - direct deposit sure as hell isn't "entertainment" but it's made life easier for people who used to spend their Friday nights sitting in line for hours to deposit their checks from work.

You're clearly one of those old grandparents who are out of touch with technology. You idea of "technology" is the Nintendo game console from 1988.

Nothing you list comes even close to life changers going from horses to autos, horses to jets, horses to walking on the moon, electricity in the home, telephone service.

You're simply delusional thinking VOIP is a life changing technology. It's a telephone. You are convinced it is wonderful your doctor treats you from India when he used to drive to your house to see you. Pathetic.

Almost all technology of the last 50 years is simply making something that already exists a little better. There has been nothing new that has greatly improved the life of human beings like during the early 2th century.

 

[P@triot]

You are convinced it is wonderful your doctor treats you from India when he used to drive to your house to see you. Pathetic.

So let's see if I have this right - you're amazed that some hack in a podunk town would show up at your house (as if that even remotely qualifies as "technology") and would cut your arm to bleed you to fix your ailments, but you find it "pathetic" that you can literally see the best specialist in the world from wherever you are?

You're astounded that you and grandma watched a man land on the moon (wow - a whole two hours away) but find it "pathetic" that we were able to travel for five years (with no way to refuel) to reach Jupiter?

From my iPhone I can now see my doctor (way better than him coming to see me - which again is hilarious that you cite as "technology" when a person coming to your house is as old as man and doesn't even remotely qualify), make a video call allowing me to see in real time the person I'm talking to anywhere in the world, or even control the lights and security system in my home.

And oh yeah...speaking of the iPhone....the little device that fits in my pocket is 120 million times more powerful than the computers NASA used to put a man on the moon while you and grandma watched. And those computers took up several very large rooms. What I carry in my pocket is millions of times more powerful.

The iPhone 6 uses an Apple-designed 64 bit Cortex A8 ARM architecture composed of approximately 1.6 billion transistors. It operates at 1.4 GHZ and can process instructions at a rate of approximately 1.2 instructions every cycle in each of its 2 cores. That’s 3.36 billion instructions per second. Put simply, the iPhone 6’s clock is 32,600 times faster than the best Apollo era computers and could perform instructions 120,000,000 times faster.

Your smartphone is millions of times more powerful that all of NASA's combined computing in 1969

But hey.....tell us what a "marvel" it was to sit on the couch drinking milk with grandma that was brought to your house by a milkman. Bet that shit was just mind blowing.

 

[Weatherman2020]

You are convinced it is wonderful your doctor treats you from India when he used to drive to your house to see you. Pathetic.

So let's see if I have this right - you're amazed that some hack in a podunk town would show up at your house (as if that even remotely qualifies as "technology") and would cut your arm to bleed you to fix your ailments, but you find it "pathetic" that you can literally see the best specialist in the world from wherever you are?

You're astounded that you and grandma watched a man land on the moon (wow - a whole two hours away) but find it "pathetic" that we were able to travel for five years (with no way to refuel) to reach Jupiter?

From my iPhone I can now see my doctor (way better than him coming to see me - which again is hilarious that you cite as "technology" when a person coming to your house is as old as man and doesn't even remotely qualify), make a video call allowing me to see in real time the person I'm talking to anywhere in the world, or even control the lights and security system in my home.

And oh yeah...speaking of the iPhone....the little device that fits in my pocket is 120 million times more powerful than the computers NASA used to put a man on the moon while you and grandma watched. And those computers took up several very large rooms. What I carry in my pocket is millions of times more powerful.

The iPhone 6 uses an Apple-designed 64 bit Cortex A8 ARM architecture composed of approximately 1.6 billion transistors. It operates at 1.4 GHZ and can process instructions at a rate of approximately 1.2 instructions every cycle in each of its 2 cores. That’s 3.36 billion instructions per second. Put simply, the iPhone 6’s clock is 32,600 times faster than the best Apollo era computers and could perform instructions 120,000,000 times faster.

Your smartphone is millions of times more powerful that all of NASA's combined computing in 1969

But hey.....tell us what a "marvel" it was to sit on the couch drinking milk with grandma that was brought to your house by a milkman. Bet that shit was just mind blowing.

Oh great. So Dr Raj Tam in India can treat you over the iPhone and that's a plus? Youre not delusional, you're crazy.

And we flew by planets over 55 years ago, BFD.

Name 3 life changing technology introductions in the past 50 years. Not modifications of existing technology, introductions.

 

[P@triot]

You are convinced it is wonderful your doctor treats you from India when he used to drive to your house to see you. Pathetic.

So let's see if I have this right - you're amazed that some hack in a podunk town would show up at your house (as if that even remotely qualifies as "technology") and would cut your arm to bleed you to fix your ailments, but you find it "pathetic" that you can literally see the best specialist in the world from wherever you are?

You're astounded that you and grandma watched a man land on the moon (wow - a whole two hours away) but find it "pathetic" that we were able to travel for five years (with no way to refuel) to reach Jupiter?

From my iPhone I can now see my doctor (way better than him coming to see me - which again is hilarious that you cite as "technology" when a person coming to your house is as old as man and doesn't even remotely qualify), make a video call allowing me to see in real time the person I'm talking to anywhere in the world, or even control the lights and security system in my home.

And oh yeah...speaking of the iPhone....the little device that fits in my pocket is 120 million times more powerful than the computers NASA used to put a man on the moon while you and grandma watched. And those computers took up several very large rooms. What I carry in my pocket is millions of times more powerful.

The iPhone 6 uses an Apple-designed 64 bit Cortex A8 ARM architecture composed of approximately 1.6 billion transistors. It operates at 1.4 GHZ and can process instructions at a rate of approximately 1.2 instructions every cycle in each of its 2 cores. That’s 3.36 billion instructions per second. Put simply, the iPhone 6’s clock is 32,600 times faster than the best Apollo era computers and could perform instructions 120,000,000 times faster.

Your smartphone is millions of times more powerful that all of NASA's combined computing in 1969

But hey.....tell us what a "marvel" it was to sit on the couch drinking milk with grandma that was brought to your house by a milkman. Bet that shit was just mind blowing.

Oh great. So Dr Raj Tam in India can treat you over the iPhone and that's a plus? Youre not delusional, you're crazy.

And we flew by planets over 55 years ago, BFD.

Name 3 life changing technology introductions in the past 50 years. Not modifications of existing technology, introductions.

1.) The cell phone

A.) When you people broke down - you walked for miles in the dark
B.) You were often inaccessible even during a family emergency
C.) It dramatically effected business having employees traveling that you couldn't reach
​

2.) The pc

A. This one requires no explanation. If you don't think the personal computer dramatically changed the world then you need serious help​

3.) Left Ventricular Assist Device or LVAD

A. Keeps people alive while they wait for a heart transplant.
​

Boom. Game over. You lose. Incidentally - what a completely disingenuous position to say "not a modification of an existing technology". All technology is a modification of existing technology and always will be. Technology builds on top of existing technology. We improve it. You're essentially trying to find a way not to look stupid after dozens of examples have proven you wrong.

 

[P@triot]

Oh great. So Dr Raj Tam in India can treat you over the iPhone and that's a plus? Youre not delusional, you're crazy.

So you'd rather have Dr. Elmer "Bubba" Woods cut your arm and bleed you to fix your bacterial infection than see the best specialist in the world simply because you're a backwoods xenophobe? Wow....

 

[P@triot]

The most amazing "technology" ever "invented" in the mind of WEATHERMAN2020...