[quote=dumbrenter]Why don’t you start with yourself? Stop wasting time on this social board and get busy in your lab with some ‘life-altering’ stuff?
[quote=CA renter]AN, you could do most of those things 15 years ago with a computer. The on-the-go usefulness is what I mean by navigation (relating your location to local activities and establishments, etc.), and I admit that it’s easier to find the nearest restaurant, etc. when you’re out and about. That IS an improvement. But being able to watch movies, spend time on Facebook, and play games (and we had handheld devices for that years ago, too) on your phone is “fluff” as far as I’m concerned.
In our glory days, we built rocket ships that could take us to the moon, satellites that could beam back pictures of outer space, we eradicated polio, we learned how to mass-produce penicillin, we built highways and more reliable cars/trucks that could carry people and goods across the states and into other countries. We (and others) built the first computers.
Nothing that you’ve mentioned comes anywhere close, IMO. We need to stop focusing on “social media” and phones and start creating things that will result in life-altering improvements and discoveries.[/quote][/quote]
Best post, yet! 🙂 I’m working on it. It would be great if all the Piggs with STEM degrees get to work on it, as well. After all, they’re the ones who claim that they will change the world. Heck, I’d be happy to help fund and run the business if someone (or a group of people) here comes up with something interesting.
