Greetings good citizen, Happy Monday! Today's topic is related to the theme of this blog and how technological innovation sort of 'dried up' after all the 'low hanging fruit' was picked.
Pshaw, these days the brainwashing commitee of the media tells us that we have people acting in Hollywood that are smarter then Einstein.
So where are their discoveries?
Now, have you seen any evidence at all acting has reached a higher level? Subject matter and the retreads have gotten darker, much darker but it's considerably debateable if this is in fact an 'improvement'.
Same stuff just sicker [if that is actually possible.]
But I digress, at issue is not 'where are the geniuses?' but where are the geniuses that will make the next great leap forward possible?
Given the, er, 'erratic' nature of genius [being a genius is sort of like having a super power, not EVERYTHING is clear to you but some things are remarkably 'well-defined'.] Einstein could 'see' how the universe works mathematically but he 'theorized' that the universe had a speed limit despite evidence to the contrary...and he didn't see or even acknowledge it.
So what revelations are those who are measurably 'smarter than Einstien' witholding from us?
Short answer, nothing. Those 'avenues of research' are patented, you can't go there without 'permission'.
Did I mention that we have a CRAZY legal system, especially commercial law?
You'd think the improvement of life for all members of our species would take precident over the enriching of a patent holder but no, that's not how our laws work.
And we put up with all this implies because when WE discover the next great breakthough, we'd want to have full and protected rights to it too! Not that this did Edison any good, everything he invented belongs to J.P. Morgan!
But thems the breaks, right? Them who has, gets and thems that don't settles for what they're given.
Edison's NAME is on power plants across the nation but those plants (and the revenue they generate) BELONG to J.P.
But again, I digress...a tiny bit.
So our civilization 'stagnates' as nobody pursues the possibilities hinted at by the original wave of discoveries made back at the turn of the 20th century.
Um, one COULD opine that this 'stagnation' is what's responsible for the, er, 'deterioration' of our civilization, a decay that can't be seen from the top but is more than a little evident from below.
Um, with that said we arrive at the 'rinse and repeat' segment of the post...
Who is responsible for this? [YOU] How do we fix it? [STRIKE] What do we want? [A Simple Plan] When do we want it? [NOW!]
Sorry for pointing the cannon at you but your acceptance of your circumstances is the reason why things don't change [for the better, you've seen PLENTY of CHANGE...for the worse!]
Things haven't collapsed yet and there's still time to head off an implosion...but not a lot of time.
And trust me on this one, heading them off will be enormously easier than trying to rebuild from scratch...because starting over pretty much insures we'll end up right where we left off.
Notice I-phone 7 does LESS than it's predecessors...and it's still 'old tech'! Like color television, this stuff existed before WWII, it just wasn't 'commercialized' until much later.
If we are to conquer the universe, we'd better get a move on while the resources still exist to do it...
Just saying.
Thanks for letting me inside your head,
Gegner
Pshaw, these days the brainwashing commitee of the media tells us that we have people acting in Hollywood that are smarter then Einstein.
So where are their discoveries?
Now, have you seen any evidence at all acting has reached a higher level? Subject matter and the retreads have gotten darker, much darker but it's considerably debateable if this is in fact an 'improvement'.
Same stuff just sicker [if that is actually possible.]
But I digress, at issue is not 'where are the geniuses?' but where are the geniuses that will make the next great leap forward possible?
Given the, er, 'erratic' nature of genius [being a genius is sort of like having a super power, not EVERYTHING is clear to you but some things are remarkably 'well-defined'.] Einstein could 'see' how the universe works mathematically but he 'theorized' that the universe had a speed limit despite evidence to the contrary...and he didn't see or even acknowledge it.
So what revelations are those who are measurably 'smarter than Einstien' witholding from us?
Short answer, nothing. Those 'avenues of research' are patented, you can't go there without 'permission'.
Did I mention that we have a CRAZY legal system, especially commercial law?
You'd think the improvement of life for all members of our species would take precident over the enriching of a patent holder but no, that's not how our laws work.
And we put up with all this implies because when WE discover the next great breakthough, we'd want to have full and protected rights to it too! Not that this did Edison any good, everything he invented belongs to J.P. Morgan!
But thems the breaks, right? Them who has, gets and thems that don't settles for what they're given.
Edison's NAME is on power plants across the nation but those plants (and the revenue they generate) BELONG to J.P.
But again, I digress...a tiny bit.
So our civilization 'stagnates' as nobody pursues the possibilities hinted at by the original wave of discoveries made back at the turn of the 20th century.
Um, one COULD opine that this 'stagnation' is what's responsible for the, er, 'deterioration' of our civilization, a decay that can't be seen from the top but is more than a little evident from below.
Um, with that said we arrive at the 'rinse and repeat' segment of the post...
Who is responsible for this? [YOU] How do we fix it? [STRIKE] What do we want? [A Simple Plan] When do we want it? [NOW!]
Sorry for pointing the cannon at you but your acceptance of your circumstances is the reason why things don't change [for the better, you've seen PLENTY of CHANGE...for the worse!]
Things haven't collapsed yet and there's still time to head off an implosion...but not a lot of time.
And trust me on this one, heading them off will be enormously easier than trying to rebuild from scratch...because starting over pretty much insures we'll end up right where we left off.
Notice I-phone 7 does LESS than it's predecessors...and it's still 'old tech'! Like color television, this stuff existed before WWII, it just wasn't 'commercialized' until much later.
If we are to conquer the universe, we'd better get a move on while the resources still exist to do it...
Just saying.
Thanks for letting me inside your head,
Gegner
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