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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And GPS, digital cartography, much more efficient internal combustion engines, massive improvements in laparoscopy, carbon fibers, ...
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Integrated into the internet, part of the internet, computing tech, incremental improvement, incremental improvement. Respectively.
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Put it this way: You're transported to 1987. What's different? What's missing? You sleep in a bed, eat the same food, drive a car.
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Deodorant is in a can instead of a stick, your car is crappier, your dishwasher and washing machine are better, but what's *missing*?
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The things that are going to drive you completely bananas: no internet, only landlines, three TV networks.
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