@tinker Something I think about often is that for most circumstances computing is a solved problem. Sure, there is always room for improvement, but in general, any new PC you buy today is basically good enough to do everything any typical person will ever need to do. The main reason for higher performance systems is because of inefficient and superfluous software (AI being a great example of both). Hardware improvements only have marginal benefits.
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@tinker It's a theme I see in so many domains. We have the tech right now to solve most of the material problems people have. It's good enough to make everyone's life so much better than it is, but because capitalism is always searching for growth, nothing is ever sufficient. If no improvements to a technology can be profitably made, the technology is turned into a service and rented, or systematically squeezed to extract every last drop of value that it can produce until nothing is left.
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