[lbo-talk] Entering a dark age of innovation

[Cseniornyc at aol.com]

I think the major factor in the slowing pace of technological innovation is  
the dearth of new scientific discoveries especially in physics and chemistry  
where severe barriers have been reached quickly after just 200 years of  
ferocious advances. Physics, in particular, have reached seemingly  insurmountable 
barriers at the quantum level, such as Heisenberg's uncertainty  principle and 
the inability of atom smashers to release ever infinitesimal  particles that 
are the ultimate substratum of he composition of matter.
In biology and genetics similar barriers have been encountered at the  
microcelular level, at the deep structure and intra-functioning of genetic  
material. Scientists realize now that it is not enough to decode the sequences  of the 
genome which makes difficult to further
advances in the fight against cancer, gene targeted cures and cloning  
procedures.
Technology depends badly on scientific advances to develop. It was not long  
ago when in the middle of the feverish frenzy of the tech bubbles, otherwise  
rational minds were claiming that it wouldn't be long before we reached  
immortality, teleportation and completely colonize the cosmos.
Cristobal Senior
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