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Garry Kasparov: The Last Revolutionary Technology Was The Apple II

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Re: Garry Kasparov: The Last Revolutionary Technology Was The Apple II

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Post by evgen »

MoreMoschops wrote: post #18
simonsarris wrote: post #2

It's rare I want to call someone with conservative technological estimates unrealistic. Usually I see the opposite. But I don't think Kasparov is on the mark here. The cellphone was invented after that and has forever changed the way we reach people and fundamentally how they are reachable. Do you remember life pre-cellphones? When you left your house you literally dropped off the map. There was no way of anyone know…

The HN title of this needs fixing - I think Kasparov is talking about innovation within the U.S. (although the article itself is maddeningly unclear, saying "thinks the U.S. has become complacent when it comes to innovation" but then seeming to push a worldwide brush that the "last technology that could be thought of as revolutionary, he says, was the Apple II"; I think he meant in the U.S. and this is just sloppy jo…

The first mobile phone network was done by NMT in Japan, but the first commercial mobile phone was invented by Martin Cooper of Motorola and the first call made on this phone was to the head of a competing program at Bell Labs.

Re: Garry Kasparov: The Last Revolutionary Technology Was The Apple II

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Post by jesus »

vl wrote: post #8
devmonk wrote: post #3

Well said! I agree with all of it. I'd only add that the U.S. isn't the only country that can innovate, and that innovation needs purpose beyond energy production. I feel that purpose should be: - Colonizing space. - Making better use of our land for sustainable agriculture to feed the hungry and the children of our future.

While I understand dream aspect of it, in practical terms, why and how would you colonize space?

$10/oz platinum.

Re: Garry Kasparov: The Last Revolutionary Technology Was The Apple II

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Post by jesus »

mpk wrote: post #19
vl wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

While I understand dream aspect of it, in practical terms, why and how would you colonize space?

The how is of course the tricky part, but as to the why - well, to quote George Mallory, "Because it's there" That's good enough for me, but there are plenty of other reasons why. Species survival would be one of them. There are plenty of possibilities for extinction events right here. Super-volcano eruptions, radical climate change, polar shifting, airborne super-bugs (hello zombie apocalypse!), nuclear mayhem, etc.…

Earth serves as an effective spacecraft, we're just running low on supplies and making a mess of it; the economically and ecologically optimal move is migrate mining and industry to heaven.

Re: Garry Kasparov: The Last Revolutionary Technology Was The Apple II

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Post by jesus »

levesque wrote: post #12
vl wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

While I understand dream aspect of it, in practical terms, why and how would you colonize space?

I'd add emphasis on the why. I see no urging reason to build a base on moon. Unless we plan to be done destroying earth soon and need to be autonomous out there asap.

We stop "destroying" Earth when we start capturing resources elsewhere.

Re: Garry Kasparov: The Last Revolutionary Technology Was The Apple II

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Post by jesus »

robryan wrote: post #39

Apart from the internet itself I think digital content distribution is revolutionary, it certainly has drastically changes the way we acquire games, books, music, movies etc.

But has it drastically changed the games, books, music, and movies?

Re: Garry Kasparov: The Last Revolutionary Technology Was The Apple II

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Post by vvpan »

jhancock wrote: post #14
simonsarris wrote: post #2

It's rare I want to call someone with conservative technological estimates unrealistic. Usually I see the opposite. But I don't think Kasparov is on the mark here. The cellphone was invented after that and has forever changed the way we reach people and fundamentally how they are reachable. Do you remember life pre-cellphones? When you left your house you literally dropped off the map. There was no way of anyone know…

"Do you remember life pre-cellphones? When you left your house you literally dropped off the map." Yes. I miss those days.

With cellphones around people are never alone anymore. To my mind, this "aloneness" (does not mean you are feeling lonely, but could) is an integral part of a meaningful human experience.

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Post by evanrmurphy »

dholowiski wrote: post #15

The next revolution is happening right now- it's consumer level 3d printers (cupcake, reprap etc) and they're going to change everything, more than computers and cell phones combined did.

Thanks for mentioning this. Made me look these up and learn something.

Re: Garry Kasparov: The Last Revolutionary Technology Was The Apple II

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Post by gaius »

InclinedPlane wrote: post #5
simonsarris wrote: post #2

It's rare I want to call someone with conservative technological estimates unrealistic. Usually I see the opposite. But I don't think Kasparov is on the mark here. The cellphone was invented after that and has forever changed the way we reach people and fundamentally how they are reachable. Do you remember life pre-cellphones? When you left your house you literally dropped off the map. There was no way of anyone know…

Ubiquitous cell phones are definitely a revolutionary development. This becomes obvious when you read or watch fiction of any sort. How many story lines would be completely disrupted by the presence of a cell phone? As it turns out, a great many, even for stories being written today, as many writers haven't fully absorbed the way things have changed.

Haha yes, even Star Trek, they can travel at warp speed but the away team can't send an MMS back to the ship, the captain has to beam down personally and see for himself...

Re: Garry Kasparov: The Last Revolutionary Technology Was The Apple II

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Post by robryan »

jesus wrote: post #56
robryan wrote: post #39

Apart from the internet itself I think digital content distribution is revolutionary, it certainly has drastically changes the way we acquire games, books, music, movies etc.

But has it drastically changed the games, books, music, and movies?

It's changed the content that an average person has access to without replying on what as being distributed locally. It has allowed those that would have never been able to get wider distribution of their content, those producing niche material to access a big enough market to make their projects viable.

So it may not have changed the content on the whole but it has certainly changed the content that most people are actually able to experience.

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