I think it's less pessimistic and more aware of its limits now and thus not as impressed
When we were all younger it seemed the sky was the limit
But we've gotten wiser and realize the ceiling with tech like iPhones and PS5
Hedonic treadmill just goes in a loop of experience. Consumer tech is just attention seeking codependency on the part of corporate
The real cool stuff going on with tech is in domains like regenerative and longevity medicine; see Michael Levin at Tufts for truly sci fi Wolverine healing type mind blowing ideas
I personally still feel like the sky could be the limit, i have so many insane scifi fantasy type ideas for the future of tech but honestly i dont really want to see any of them become a reality because i know that with our current political socioeconomic system that tech would be used to abuse a large amount of people. The way i see it society is headed towards techno feudalism and the better the tech the more difficult it will be for the serfs to escape.
Ive got so many crazy tech fantasies though, im actually afraid to describe them for fear of giving the ruling class more ideas.
When we were all younger it seemed the sky was the limit
But we've gotten wiser and realize the ceiling with tech like iPhones and PS5
Hedonic treadmill just goes in a loop of experience. Consumer tech is just attention seeking codependency on the part of corporate
The real cool stuff going on with tech is in domains like regenerative and longevity medicine; see Michael Levin at Tufts for truly sci fi Wolverine healing type mind blowing ideas