I am inclined at this point to enter a wall of text, but will restrict myself. Technological and scientific advancement does not happen in a flow, but rather needs the right conditions to advance it.
I will restrict myself to two evidences of this, but there are many.
China two and a half thousand years ago was the most technologically advanced set of societies. Then those societies came under a central authority, they got a civil service an education system based on exams, which selected the right people for the civil service. After that virtually nothing new was developed. Why? Because creative minds do not sit in round holes comfortably, so the system was biased to excluded people that thought about things from a different prospective.
If you were around in the 1970's where would you say the next advancement in computing was going to come from IBM or a few nerds in a garage?
Just because the pace is fast now it does not follow the conditions which allow it will stay the same get better or get worse. That depends on other factors.
I will restrict myself to two evidences of this, but there are many.
China two and a half thousand years ago was the most technologically advanced set of societies. Then those societies came under a central authority, they got a civil service an education system based on exams, which selected the right people for the civil service. After that virtually nothing new was developed. Why? Because creative minds do not sit in round holes comfortably, so the system was biased to excluded people that thought about things from a different prospective.
If you were around in the 1970's where would you say the next advancement in computing was going to come from IBM or a few nerds in a garage?
Just because the pace is fast now it does not follow the conditions which allow it will stay the same get better or get worse. That depends on other factors.
