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Originally Posted by freebeard
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Originally Posted by IamIan
When things change soo fast that a person is just not able to adapt fast enough .. it can actually be the cause of what ends up latter killing them.
It's indirect .. because it isn't the lack of coping / adapting that directly kills them .. but it can be that the lack of coping / adapting can prevent them from still being able to get the core essentials for life (air, water, food , shelter).
I think it is far more common in today's age (in 1st world countries like USA) for people to just go past the point of the amount of change they like .. they start to actively spend their time and money to oppose the change.
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Tell that to the Amish. Or the Mennonites. |
I think they are a 100% perfect example of the
2nd part .. they spend extra time and effort to deliberately avoid adapting to some changes.
But .. they are not the
1st case that you indicated .. If they were they would be dead .. when the choice is adapt or die .. those who live chose to adapt (one way or the other) .. the Amish do choose to adapt enough to survive .. soo , not that 1st case.
An example of the 1st case would be Neanderthal humans .. they did not adapt to the changes they faced .. that lack of adapting was the indirect cause of their death.
The 'native' Americans who did not adapt .. and tried to keep living the old ways .. when faced with the changes the Europeans brought .. those that did not adapt .. that was the cause that resulted in their death .. those that lived are the ones who were willing & able to adapt to the changes they faced.
Those Amish that were the 1st case .. say they got some kind of life threatening sickness or injury .. but they were the ones that were not willing or able to adapt and use modern 'evil' tech hospitals .. well .. they died , because they were not willing or able to adapt to the change that would have allowed them to stay live.
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Originally Posted by freebeard
Moore's law may have plateaued, but not so with free and open source software.
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I'd disagree .. feel free to look at open source software .. the same diminishing returns .. slowing of progress is there too .. not even just open source software .. all software.
Software bloat is a real thing for all software .. including open source software.
Sure the first calculator software had it's problems .. and sure it has continued to get better .. but the rate of improvement continues to slow .. how much better is the calculator program today compared to one from 20 years ago ? .. does it use less bytes of storage for it's instruction set .. does it achieve the correct finished math with less CPU clock cycles .. is 1+1 somehow faster for a human to type in today than it was ~20 years ago .. etc.. etc .. better sure .. in smaller and smaller ways .. less and less better every new decade.
But .. sure .. I can be wrong .. wouldn't be the 1st time in my life .. but .. I'll need more than just you claiming it to be so .. I'll need evidence please .. evidence that shows the rate of improvement is increasing.
Some evidence not just of improvement .. but that the rate of improvement itself is still increasing .. something thing like ..
New in 2020 9x better than what was new in 2010
New in 2010 8x better than what was new in 2000
New in 2000 7x better than what was new in 1990
New in 1990 6x better than what was new in 1980
New in 1980 5x better than what was new in 1970
New in 1970 4x better than what was new in 1960
New in 1960 3x better than what was new in 1950
New in 1950 2x better than the 1st software in 1940s.
or some other similar increasingly faster rate of improvement.
All the open source software .. like all software .. That I'm aware of .. is following the same diminishing returns .. slower and slower progress .. to get smaller and smaller improvements.