Something to think about: Has the pace of technological progress
slowed
in the second half of the 20th century? Yes, the Internet and computers are
very exciting, but have they had as much of an effect as electric light and
the internal combustion engine? As the author of the article argues, life
in 2000 is a lot more similar to life in 1950 than life in 1950 was to life
in 1900.