tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6976144462093297473.post1572117198618626482..comments2024-03-18T23:58:46.484-04:00Comments on West Coast Stat Views (on Observational Epidemiology and more): In any other period, "one of the greatest inventions ever made" wouldn't seem like such hyperboleJosephhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10760453165301871031noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6976144462093297473.post-23493299649572635282019-11-11T22:11:51.699-05:002019-11-11T22:11:51.699-05:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.midnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14582576902164271268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6976144462093297473.post-26625175645362682342018-05-01T15:21:43.074-04:002018-05-01T15:21:43.074-04:00Between job-hunting and trying to finish up a book...Between job-hunting and trying to finish up a book on this very subject, I have to admit I haven't been putting the nuance that I should into some of the posts. the idea of exponentially advancing technology (and, as a consequence, and unimaginable future) came out of the early 20th century because that exponential curve very nicely fit the rate of progress dating back to the late 18th century, with every generation doing things that seemed amazing to the previous one. Mid-18th century advances in steam power (particularly regarding transportation), telecommunications, and media far surpass anything that it come before and laid the groundwork for even more remarkable leaps going forward.<br /><br />https://twitter.com/MarkPalko1/status/991223377082773506Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14705408455380402571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6976144462093297473.post-58888674745149573282018-05-01T13:37:59.980-04:002018-05-01T13:37:59.980-04:00I would quibble about the "late 19th/early 20...I would quibble about the "late 19th/early 20th centuries" simply because this is leaving out the overwhelming effects of the telegraph and the steam-powered railway,at least in the UK, parts of Europe, and parts of North America) <br /><br />The dramatic differences in speed of communications and travel times were perhaps the most drastic changes we have seen in millennia.<br /><br />A simple examples in the travel time from London UK to Edinburgh<br /><br />London to Edinburgh<br />Coach (1836) 42.5 hr.<br />Rail (1854) 11.5 hr.<br /><br />(By 1914 this was down to a bit over 8.15 hours but the real impact was seen in 1854)<br /><br />The telegraph essentially took communication times from roughly the same times to seconds. <br /><br />I expect the advent of commercial steam navigation had a similar impact. <br /><br /><br />jrkrideauhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04869979887929067657noreply@blogger.com