Technology usually advances in capability over time. I’ve never heard of an entire field getting worse. Certain services sure, but it seems impossible we’d backslide as a civilization to the point where we just can’t do what we could with older technology.
Allowing the facilities and technical expertise to fall apart is a “won’t” to me.
Like, we wouldn’t be able to build a wooden galleon in short order, but that’s a matter of societal choice. We haven’t maintained the facilities or expertise.
We could redevelop them. It’s not a “can’t” the way I see it.
We could actually build a wooden galleon in short order (there are teams of amatuer and professional historians/archeologists that do it as a hobby in San Diego, source, I used to work there during the summers in high school), but the quality for a short order galleon that they used to be able to accomplish for a short order galleon wouldn't be there at all. We could probably make one that would last for 5-10 years of heavy use, while older ones were generally in use from 10-25, with some old stories of ships being used for 40 years.
Technology usually advances in capability over time. I’ve never heard of an entire field getting worse
the technology being used here is actually from the 50's in terms of the algorithms being used. The bottleneck here is data collection which is a social and organisational problem not a technical one.
Technology usually advances in capability over time. I’ve never heard of an entire field getting worse. Certain services sure, but it seems impossible we’d backslide as a civilization to the point where we just can’t do what we could with older technology.
Not without some huge war or disaster anyways.
We can't make a moon rocket anymore.
Can’t, or won’t?
An important distinction.
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Allowing the facilities and technical expertise to fall apart is a “won’t” to me.
Like, we wouldn’t be able to build a wooden galleon in short order, but that’s a matter of societal choice. We haven’t maintained the facilities or expertise.
We could redevelop them. It’s not a “can’t” the way I see it.
We could actually build a wooden galleon in short order (there are teams of amatuer and professional historians/archeologists that do it as a hobby in San Diego, source, I used to work there during the summers in high school), but the quality for a short order galleon that they used to be able to accomplish for a short order galleon wouldn't be there at all. We could probably make one that would last for 5-10 years of heavy use, while older ones were generally in use from 10-25, with some old stories of ships being used for 40 years.
that's a lot of miles per galleon
Ah damn it, that's good.
Is it? Or is it distinction without a difference
the technology being used here is actually from the 50's in terms of the algorithms being used. The bottleneck here is data collection which is a social and organisational problem not a technical one.