[Cincinatus]

I think Ferguson is on to something. The problem is not the advances or lack thereof in technology — it’s the dumbing down of society. We will continue to have substantial technological advances, but such advances will be put to increasingly trivial and unproductive pursuits. As the populace becomes more preoccupied with their Facebook accounts or playing Words with Friends, authoritarian governments will eagerly step in to “regulate and control” society. After all, the people won’t even know what an important issue is.

[DManA]

I'm not sure what he's on to but to support it he makes that incredible claim that not only is growth in scientific knowledge not accelerating, it is actually slowing down:

The achievements of the last 25 years were actually not that big a deal compared with what we did in the preceding 25 years,

[noprogs]

Well stated.

The unchecked growth of bureaucratic meddlers has hampered much technical progress over the last 25 years. The reason it would take us so long to get back to the moon is because many of the materials used in the 60s can no longer be manufactured. Think Freon.

Thank you EPA, and that moderate, Rockefeller wing of the GOP (Nixon, McCain, Bush and now Romney) whose initiatives prove to be more deleterious than outright communism. Just wait for the results of Free Drugs for Geezers and our demographic suicide through immigration and open borders to take effect.

[rbg81]

The problem is not the advances or lack thereof in technology — it’s the dumbing down of society

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There is a lot of truth to this. Technology and prosperity have given too many people the opportunity to become layabouts and/or moonbats. However, this is eventually self correcting.