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Your new smartphone blows ASCI Red out of the water in terms of TFLOPS, which was the #1 supercomputer consuming 850kW of power a mere 25 years ago. We've got mRNA vaccines allowing us to tweak a vaccine to mutations in record times. Our world is leaps and bounds ahead of what it was 30 ago. Amazing

Bellamy would have been impressed by radio broadcast, never mind tape recorders, CD players, or internet streaming music.

This site is what makes the web such a powerful platform for content delivery. Really nicely done and insightful.

Another stone to the myth of perpetual and incremental progression in the history of humanity. Illustrated with AI art, something that resonates perfectly with the techno-optimism of the article

Sometimes I wish we could summon up the spirit of Chriet Titulaer and show him the present state of technology. I mean, it would be impossible for him to die of over-excitement.

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A beautifully crafted counter balance to all the awful things humans have done and continue to do to the world.

Straight into my veins! Celebrating progress and contextual framing is so needed. Thanks for sharing.

Life is good.

The thing that really blows my mind is the fractal nature of tech innovation. You can zoom in on "software security 1995-2010" or "bicycle design 1980-1990" and see a similar scale of miracle at each level.

This was such a lovely way to start the day. It feels pretty rare to enter it with so much gratitude.

If ghengis khan was shown an E-bike, he would have invaded a continent to acquire it. He would have considered it like a wheeled Pegasus, a magical item more important and priceless that all the gold in the steppes. $500 @ Amazon , on your doorstep in 4 days