HappySkullsplitter @ HappySkullsplitter @lemmy.world

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Authoritarian capitalism

I am also thankful that my children were born in this era as well

There has been significant progress in the treatment of cystic fibrosis

Still not the kind of innovation I am talking about

I don't see very many humans naturally flapping their arms flying around very often

There was that one guy, but I'd say it was more falling with style than flying

... and he didn't stick the landing

I also disagree

Your reply in of itself is a fallacy

An airplane relying upon improvements engine and material design does not negate the very real revelation of human flight to the world

Nor does your oversimplified and ultimately incorrect explanation steam engines and evolution of horse drawn vehicles

Especially considering the first automobiles were steam powered

It completely misses the point

The horseless carriage itself was the innovation

I apologize for not explaining the question more thoroughly

I am talking about innovation in a fully realized concept

I always thought that flying cars would be the next major leap in innovation, but it's still in its fledgling stages

Not the definition I am referring to

• introducing new ideas; original and creative in thinking.

Conceptually, improving upon something isn't entirely original

It can be hard to grasp. We can't imagine what life and the mindset of people were before a concept existed because we have always had it.

Yes, we can imagine the difficulty of travel before the invention of aircraft

But it's hard for us to understand the profound difference to life and everyone's worldview at the time

People fantasized about human flight for what seemed like forever to them, so long that it became a fantasy that many believed would never be realized

Then suddenly it was

What have we experienced collectively since the 80s that is like that?

Yes, we've certainly progressed in nearly every field

But are they truly innovative or are they a natural evolution of something that already existed?

I agree, they most certainly did say mRNA

I recall having vaccines in the 80s, probably what saved me from polio

Same could be said about everything we have though couldn't it?

Cars, aircraft, boats... All improved significantly...

But is any of it truly innovative?

I never saw the appeal of Joe Rogan

His stand-up was terrible

I should've just said PC, I don't know what I was thinking

My brain must have just frozen when I was trying to think of a word in the absence of console

Capitalism is an economic system where private individuals or businesses own the means of production.

That isn't what's dying.

I often wonder how many of them are real, I can see basic laymen getting caught up in the flood of pro-Elon bots

Basic NPC types only have one philosophy: go with the flow

It's not capitalism that is collapsing

Does software count?

I'm knee deep in Caesar II and Total Annihilation campaigns

Wrong answer

The correct answer is: "Don't fucking touch social security asshole!"

The entire time they've weighed people down with fact checking they've already moved on to the 10th lie in order to persuade hapless saps to go along with whatever horrific scheme they've concocted to take more from the poor and give the richest even more money

Stop playing their game

We all must have been carpooling

I got the same message