Born in 1890, my great-grandfather had great-uncles who fought in the Civil War. He saw the invention of the automobile, the airplane, two world wars, and saw the Apollo 11 moon landing a month before he died.

I was born in the 80s, I have been trying to take stock of how much life has changed since then. Cable television? Satellite television? Cell phones to smartphones? The internet? Life hasn’t seemed to have made much progress. When we get down to it life isn’t radically different now than it was in 80s. Just hoping there is more that I’m simply not noticing

  • HappySkullsplitter@lemmy.worldOP
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    4 days ago

    I also disagree

    Your reply in of itself is a fallacy

    An airplane relying upon improvements engine and material design does not negate the very real revelation of human flight to the world

    Nor does your oversimplified and ultimately incorrect explanation steam engines and evolution of horse drawn vehicles

    Especially considering the first automobiles were steam powered

    It completely misses the point

    The horseless carriage itself was the innovation

    I apologize for not explaining the question more thoroughly

    I am talking about innovation in a fully realized concept

    I always thought that flying cars would be the next major leap in innovation, but it’s still in its fledgling stages