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Original Link: http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/OulRPNoWH4g/ask-slashdot-what-was-the-greatest-era-of-innovation
Ask Slashdot: What Was The Greatest Era Of Innovation?
speedplane writes: The New York Times is running a story on innovation over the past 150 years. [The story starts at the end of the American Civil War with the newly completed transcontinental railway in the 1870s. Then it highlights the profoundly different lifestyle of the 1920s, the end of 'The Great War' and the beginning of the Great Depression. By the 1970s, many of the transportation and communication changes from the 20s became fundamental parts of daily life. The story ends in 2016, an era in which human life has changed the most in the last 46 years.] We're in the golden age of innovation, an era in which digital technology is transforming the underpinnings of human existence. Or so a techno-optimist might argue. We're in a depressing era in which innovation has slowed and living standards are barely rising. That's what some skeptical economists believe. The truth is, this isn't a debate that can be settled objectively. What do slashdotters think is the greatest era of innovation?Read more of this story at Slashdot.
Original Link: http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/OulRPNoWH4g/ask-slashdot-what-was-the-greatest-era-of-innovation
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