Time travel and world changing inventions...
Discussion
Just had this conversation and wondered what you thought...
1. If there was one object/process that someone could invent that would change todays world completely, for the better or for the worse, what do you think it would be?
2. If you could travel back in time, which age would you go to and what one modern object would you take with you?
1. If there was one object/process that someone could invent that would change todays world completely, for the better or for the worse, what do you think it would be?
2. If you could travel back in time, which age would you go to and what one modern object would you take with you?
1) The three inventions since WW2 that have changed the world completely are the Boeing 747, the communication satellite and the shipping container. In the mid term future I think that processing power, data management and the internet will start to realise their potential. Thus far we have been scratching at the surface.
2) The best age to live is now or in the future. Human knowledge has followed an exponential curve throughout history and now doubles regularly. We are the beneficiaries of this knowledge in a million ways from medical drugs and surgical procedures through to vehicle safety and handling.
By the way Bill Gates says that people always overestimate technological advance in the short term and underestimate in the mid term. It is that exponential growth in knowledge thing.
2) The best age to live is now or in the future. Human knowledge has followed an exponential curve throughout history and now doubles regularly. We are the beneficiaries of this knowledge in a million ways from medical drugs and surgical procedures through to vehicle safety and handling.
By the way Bill Gates says that people always overestimate technological advance in the short term and underestimate in the mid term. It is that exponential growth in knowledge thing.
Have you not seen The Butterfly Effect.
sccbishop said:
Just had this conversation and wondered what you thought...
1. If there was one object/process that someone could invent that would change todays world completely, for the better or for the worse, what do you think it would be?
2. If you could travel back in time, which age would you go to and what one modern object would you take with you?
1. A device which catches criminals in the act.
2. I'd g back to the 1920's in my Griff and win every damn race on the calendar!
srebbe64 said:
[quote=sccbishop]Just had this conversation and wondered what you thought...
2. I'd g back to the 1920's in my Griff and win every damn race on the calendar!
As one TVR owner to another, lets be honest - a TVR is never going to last LeMans...even in the 1920's...
>> Edited by alexkp on Wednesday 19th January 12:07
vixpy1 said:
2. I'd g back to the 1920's in my Griff and win every damn race on the calendar!
And as the cars are racing round the track, you're sitting on the star line..
Damn immobiliser!
True - or the relay which opens the boot is knackered so I can't fill up with petrol!!
vixpy1 said:Come on, sensible suggestions only. I mean, teleportation may happen one day, but a device to work out what a woman actually means? Get real!
I'd like a translator that tells me what women actually mean, becuase it can be totally different from what they are actually saying!
Hugh1 said:
1) Teleportation (
Yep that would solve the problems with trains and leave the roads free for those you want to use them properly.
2) back to 1966 so I could buy a Ford Cortina 1500GT, and something from the future a Carcoon to store it in so it would be factory fresh when I open it today.
Would love a holodec in one room of my house, cool be like an interactive TV. Imagine giving the guys from Orange County Choppers a hand building bikes, would obviously completly change the porn industry
>> Edited by cotty on Wednesday 19th January 14:07
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