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To: TimF who wrote (36523)	5/5/2014 4:09:07 PM
From: i-node	Respond to of 42652

>> So quality will still improve over time even if the rate of improvement slows down. That's fair enough. I don't believe technology will stop or reverse; only that it will render improvements at a slower pace than otherwise would have occurred. So, technically, you're right -- what has peaked (IMO) is the rate of increase in advancement rather than the cumulative advancement. That knowledge which has already been gained shouldn't be lost and naturally researchers can continue to build new things with it. And we have come through a ~50 year period where the pace of advancement has been astounding. It probably isn't reasonable to even keep that pace up indefinitely anyway. Still, there will be starvation of funds for productive purposes as money is diverted to bureaucratic waste and unaccountable malfeasance.