Written by John Moravec on Saturday, July 2, 2005 at 13:11
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New Scientist’s Robert Adler writes:
“…we are fast approaching a new dark age. That, at least, is the conclusion of Jonathan Huebner, a physicist working at the Pentagon’s Naval Air Warfare Center in China Lake, California. He says the rate of technological innovation reached a peak a century ago and has been declining ever since. And like the lookout on the Titanic who spotted the fateful iceberg, Huebner sees the end of innovation looming dead ahead. His study will be published in Technological Forecasting and Social Change.
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“Huebner draws some stark lessons from his analysis. The global rate of innovation today, which is running at seven “important technological developments” per billion people per year, matches the rate in 1600. Despite far higher standards of education and massive R&D funding “it is more difficult now for people to develop new technology”, Huebner says.
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AMA citation:
Moravec J. New Scientist: Emerging dark age of innovation. Education Futures. 2005. Available at: http://www.educationfutures.com/2005/07/02/new-scientist-emerging-dark-age-of-innovation/. Accessed July 3, 2008.
APA citation:
Moravec, John. (2005). New Scientist: Emerging dark age of innovation. Retrieved July 3, 2008, from Education Futures Web site: http://www.educationfutures.com/2005/07/02/new-scientist-emerging-dark-age-of-innovation/
Chicago citation:
Moravec, John. 2005. New Scientist: Emerging dark age of innovation. Education Futures. http://www.educationfutures.com/2005/07/02/new-scientist-emerging-dark-age-of-innovation/ (accessed July 3, 2008).
Harvard citation:
Moravec, J 2005, New Scientist: Emerging dark age of innovation, Education Futures. Retrieved July 3, 2008, from <http://www.educationfutures.com/2005/07/02/new-scientist-emerging-dark-age-of-innovation/>
MLA citation:
Moravec, John. "New Scientist: Emerging dark age of innovation." 2 Jul. 2005. Education Futures. Accessed 3 Jul. 2008. <http://www.educationfutures.com/2005/07/02/new-scientist-emerging-dark-age-of-innovation/>
