Cars are a perfect example of how our world is stagnating. Besides minor upgrades and design changes, cars in 2022 are basically the same as cars from 2012 and only slightly better than cars from 2002.
What is the REAL difference between a car from 2012 and 2022?
Most likely, it is a bigger screen which you can pair with your smartphone. Possibly, we also managed to reduce the fuel consumption by 15%. Perhaps the car has now a rearview camera. Or a better sound system.
All in all, the car is still a car. It still can’t drive itself, and it still can’t fly.
For over 10 years, people are promising and predicting self-driving cars. For example, in 2012 Sergey Brin promised we’ll be riding self-driving cars by 2017. Well, we are still driving our fully human steered cars in 2022.
The truth is, we are technologically stagnating. Today, innovation is created by marketing departments. What can we do to really innovate again?
