Posted on 10/24/2010 5:57:29 AM PDT by grey_whiskers
In the early 1950s the same thought occurred to many people at once: things are improving so fast and so regularly, there might be a pattern to the improvements. Maybe we could plot technological progress to date, then extrapolate the curves and see what the future holds. Among the first to do this systemically was the US Air Force. They needed a long-term schedule of what kinds of planes they should be funding, but aerospace was one of the fastest moving frontiers in technology. Obviously they would build the fastest planes possible, but since it took decades to design, approve, and then deliver a new type of plane, the generals thought it prudent to glimpse what futuristic technologies they should be funding.
(Excerpt) Read more at kk.org ...
Cheers!
I read the article and then BAM! it was gone....
It took decades for other technologies to catch up with that one.
It looks like the link has disappeared. I pulled the text from Google cache, but it seems the author did a good job of including various charts, which do not appear in Google’s cache.
Interesting the transistor appeared at the time
shalom b'SHEM Yah'shua HaMashiach
of the founding of the Nation of Israel. Dan 12:4 "But as for you, Daniel, conceal these words and seal up the book until the end of time; many will go back and forth, and knowledge will increase."
Now THAT is an interesting comment, indeed. Lots of good stuff in Daniel, if you can winkle it out.
The link seems to be back
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