Life extension was a hot topic in 1977. So far there are no working life extension technologies as such. None. 3/
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A lot of human progress since say 1955--staggering technological and cultural complexity--is in sound synthesis and transmission. 4/
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A lot? Compared to genetic engineering, high density integrated circuits, nanotechnology, and titanium drivers?
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Advances in genetics have been fantastic. Consumer-level applications, particularly medical, have been next to nil.
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Norman Borlaug would beg to differ. As would most farmers using Monsanto products.
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Borlaug a) did his most important work long before 1987 b) didn't use genetic engineering.
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You started with after 1955. While much of Borlaug's predates it, he was a huge proponent of GMOs.
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"2017 is basically 1987 plus Internet and smartphones."
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Personal anecdote. My appendix ruptured in 1972. Almost died. Would have died in 1955. Almost no one dies today from that today in the US.
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Likewise, in 1989. My dad's ruptured in 1944; he was safed by sulfa drugs. But to repeat: I'm comparing 2017 to 1987.
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Electronics/computing/signal processing revolution that accounts for most post-1987 change *started* ~1955, w/consumer transistors.
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But my thesis is about the last 30 years. Not prior to that, and not "real soon now" press release science.
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