Relevant?

Relevant?

Relevant?

Kind of makes you think don't it?

Personally, I think that picture is bogus. And there's a good reason for it too.

Although, over the last few decades, technology has accelerated greatly, you're forgetting one thing. With every leap and hurdle we jump, the next one grows bigger. As you progress down the line, the hurdles you have to take, and this distance you have to cover to make more progress on what you already have grows bigger every single time.

It's a lot like a car really. You can drive faster and faster, going higher on the speedometer, but eventually you're going to hit the speed limit for how fast the car can go. You'll be going at maximum speed and whether you like it or not you won't be able to travel any faster.

Just because we make progress doesn't mean we will continue to make progress.

The second reason I have, is that we as a species are not accelerating with our own technology either. We aren't evolving and changing with it. In fact, we're regressing. Technology will always exist to make people's live's easier, and that's okay. But we've taken the wrong path, and we have two things working against us here.

The factor of numbers, "mob mentality" has been scientifically proven that the more people you have in an area, the lower the IQ of the group becomes as a whole. And because of this, and the large majority of the human population that lives in cities, technology has evolved mainly to go through the route of comfort, and above all segments.

Our population is controlled and guided by the government, the media, and corporations which are all connected together for the same purpose in this day and age. Discovery and invention are no longer for the sake of progress. It's "when can we release this for more money and how long do we hold this back." Basically, without technology nowadays, people are either quite stupid or incredibly helpless, because through that advent and acceleration of technology, we've forgotten something key. Remembering the old ways. You don't get anywhere without remembering your roots.

Personally, I belive that at the rate and path we're taking, we're going to go through another crash. The second dark ages if you will.

If the Roman empire had survived all the way up to now, we might be different. But at the same time, we might have hit the same barriers we currently need to overcome. Population overcrowding, mass and over consumption, environmental care and species preservation.

Now that would be something...