# What should modern technology have accomplished by now, but didnt?

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**Created:** [November 12, 2010, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-modern-technology-have-accomplished-by-now-but-didnt/560415 "2010-11-12T14:08:54Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 12, 2010, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-modern-technology-have-accomplished-by-now-but-didnt/560415/9 "2010-11-12T15:33:42Z")

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Some progress has been slowed by politics. Stem cell research, for example.

I think we should terraforming Mars by now.

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