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empyrean | 7 years ago

Maybe it won't? I think it's unrealistic to assume that computer technology will continue to see the kind of exponential growth it has seen in the last 50 or so years. Of course, I don't have hard evidence to back up my claim but I feel like most processes exhibit diminishing returns after a while.

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tluyben2|7 years ago

Go on Youtube and watch 'The Computer Chronicles', especially the very old episodes. You can see that many people thought the same thing 30-40-odd year ago. Many experts and CEO's and visionaries on the show say things like 'that will never be feasible' for this and that reason. Smart people on the forefront of computer tech at that time.

I do feel the same way as you do though, but I am from the 70s and I am very careful in saying things like that (like you are by the way).