But surely the reason that technology progresses so fast is that there are always people complaining and striving to improve on these trivial inconveniences. I have no doubt that the motivation for the development of these technological wonders was due to some ungrateful jerk who insisted that the amazing could be even better.
I have no doubt that the motivation for the development of these technological wonders was due to some ungrateful jerk who insisted that the amazing could be even better.
Minus the fraction what was developed by those who thought, "Wouldn't it be marvelous if...?"
Also minus the fraction who thought, "I bet I could make tons of money by..."
Actually, I think we could to without the contribution from ungrateful jerks and be just fine!
fair enough, but in these cases we still get a second order benefit from ungrateful jerks. Let's complete the sentence "I bet I could make tons of money by X because people think Y sucks and would hand over cash to avoid X"
of course, hats off to those solving problems for thinking "wouldn't it be marvelous if..?" I hope they don't go out of business
I think we could do without that as well and still be fine. It's just as effective to think about it from the positive standpoint. (Some would argue it's more productive without the hurt feelings and acrimony.)
But surely the reason that technology progresses so fast is that there are always people complaining and striving to improve on these trivial inconveniences. I have no doubt that the motivation for the development of these technological wonders was due to some ungrateful jerk who insisted that the amazing could be even better.