Another strong contender would be 1940-1960. Nuclear technology, spaceflight, jet engines, computers, most electronics, etc.
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Arguably, the 20 year period that saw the fastest rate of technological & scientific change was 1880-1900, when much of the Western world transitioned from pre-industrial to industrial. We went from no skyscrapers to 300+m towers & 100+m buildings, from 0 cars to thousands, etc.
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As for the recent past -- do you feel like technological & scientific progress has been faster, slower, or about the same from 1980 to 2000 compared to 2000-2020?
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1980-2000: personal computers, the Internet. 2000-2020: ubiquitous smartphones, wireless Internet, most things move from offline to online. You experienced 2000-2020, and a number of you also experienced 1980-2000. So this poll should be interesting.
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And follow-up: do you expect science & technology to change more over the next 20 years compared to 2000-2020?
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It is a general fact of human nature that on average people are more optimistic than warranted by their own experience, and expect more of the future than what has been happening in the past -- so I know where this is going
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I only lived in the 2000-2020 years, but from different opinions I heard, especially VCs & scientists like Thiel or Weinstein, the rate of progress is slowing down. Which one was the most impactful? Computer & internet or smartphones? I voted for more change earlier in both
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electricity, radioactivity, wireless, DNA editing - these are the "killer apps" ;)
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Maybe diffusion/scaling of technological change, skyscrapers, incandescent bulbs, electrification, motor wagons, etc. built on the existing industrial "platform" of locomotives (commercial rail in 1828) + telegraph ('44) + Bessemer process ('56) + bikes ('68) + telephones ('76)
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Really? I would think that the decade from 1990 to 2010 has been the most life-changing so far. The internet and connectivity in general has completely radicalised basically everything. Landline phones died circa 2010.
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I mean, skyscrapers are sure a technical marvel, but it can be argued that the ability to access all human knowledge on demand with miniscule cost, and truly have control over your career and freedom to follow your passions trumps tall buildings.
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