by KaiserJeep » Tue 13 Nov 2018, 20:39:36
Ibon is correct, the correction for overshoot is inevitable, the loss of technology is simply not happening.
I understand the "World Made By Hand" meme, but that is not at all realistic. Technology today is not at all dependant upon massive large scale manufacturing. The craftsmen of today use CNC (Computer Numeric Controls), 3D digital printers, and all manner of digital power tools to create small production run items in great variety. I myself created limited production large computers using programmable "smart parts" that once programmed, became ASICs (application-specific integrated circuits).
Each one of you who even owns a smart phone or tablet has more computing power than was required to journey to the moon, and it's not necessary to replace those things with new models very often, either. I hang on to my digital devices for probably three times as long as the average consumer, simply because I understand how digital devices evolve over time, and don't spend money on insignificant advances.
In the future your handheld devices are likely to evolve less rapidly, be more tolerant of abuse, and have easily replaceable batteries. Inevitably, they will cost more when not produced in millions of units - but you need never be without network access, either.
Were we to abandon the network today, half the world would starve, and lots of energy - far more than is consumed by that network - would be consumed moving paper messages around.
Stop for one moment and appreciate how dependant upon the network we are, and what a productivity enhancer it is. It's not going away.
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