# What items of current technology are in a “primitive” state?

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**Created:** [August 13, 2015, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-items-of-current-technology-are-in-a-primitive-state/727774 "2015-08-13T20:55:19Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 16, 2015, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-items-of-current-technology-are-in-a-primitive-state/727774/41 "2015-08-16T01:18:06Z")

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> [@Francis\_Vaughan](#):
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> I think it is drawing a long bow to assert that technology progresses at an exponential rate. Some technologies have spurts in growth, and many only plod along. Many are moribund.

Perhaps me using the example of computing was midleading, because I when I spoke of the exponential rate of technological advancement I was referring to ALL technological advancement, from the early humans to present days and some say including nature too. This is because one piece of progress fundamentally makes the next step easier and more likely.

Computing power does not represent all technological progress but it’s an example that people can relate to.

This exponential rate theory is not my one, this is shared by many of the worlds leading futurologists and thinkers. And they have tried to demonstrate it with graphs and facts. [Singularity is Near -SIN Graph - Countdown to SIN Logarithmic](http://www.singularity.com/charts/page17.html)

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