Why did technology take so long to advance?

[MMS]

i dont think you actually know who that is

i dont think you know what a scientist is

 

[Yuzo]

ok

 

[Orbital-Fetus]

smh.

 

[SirSmokeCrackAlot]

Didnt Aristotle write the Organon?

 

[lachreyatarbabypits]

Because most of the top scientist back then were too busy creating WMDs and weapons.

 

[Orbital-Fetus]

says the guy who sells t-shirts

you negging me because i think that modern farming techniques have advanced humanity more that hunting and gathering?
when is the last time you killed something and ate it?

how many times a week to you pick food off a tree because you starving?
yeah...i bet you been to the grocery store recently though.

 

[Token Negro]

simple answer is: Technology breeds technology

The more technology there is, the more new technology will advance

 

[SirSmokeCrackAlot]

you negging me because i think that modern farming techniques have advanced humanity more that hunting and gathering?

Welcome to the-****.

 

[MMS]

you negging me because i think that modern farming techniques have advanced humanity more that hunting and gathering?
when is the last time you killed something and ate it?

how many times a week to you pick food off a tree because you starving?
yeah...i bet you been to the grocery store recently though.

2 weeks ago

a whole live pig, that i barbecued in an underground pit that i dug myself

you dont see how much old tech influences us because youre uneducated. And i understand that

but on that basis, you shouldnt make assumptions about the real world with nothing to back it with.

yes i know what modern farm techniques are, but without food preservation that predates it millenia you wouldnt have access to those crops anyways unlesss you lived locally

eitherway, read alil bit and come correct next time btw i negged you cause ur autistic, and that was a different thread

 

[Orbital-Fetus]

2 weeks ago

a whole live pig, that i barbecued in an underground pit that i dug myself

you dont see how much old tech influences us because youre uneducated. And i understand that

but on that basis, you shouldnt make assumptions about the real world with nothing to back it with.

yes i know what modern farm techniques are, but without food preservation that predates it millenia you wouldnt have access to those crops anyways unlesss you lived locally

eitherway, read alil bit and come correct next time btw i negged you cause ur autistic, and that was a different thread

yo...stop and read this.

the point of this thread is the acceleration of Tech.
we are experiencing more advancements now than we did previously and this will always be because the most recent development will have an exponential advantage to whatever came before it.

do you understand what i'm saying?
i'm not trying to diminish any Tech that is old school, i'm just saying that the more modern the tech, the more likely it is to have a huge impact.

 

[MMS]

ok let me dumb this down for you

what has changed in the food industry since 1992? since tech is increasing exponentially

 

[MR. SNIFLES]

THE FOOD INDUSTRY HAS CHANGED A LOT. LESS FAT AND LESS TASTE.

 

[Orbital-Fetus]

ok let me dumb this down for you

what has changed in the food industry since 1992? since tech is increasing exponentially

no...let me dumb this down for you.
what has changed with hunting and gathering in the last 20,000 years?

that was a cheap shot, sorry.

food industry advancements?

America's current food-processing industry can be traced back to a tasking by Napoleon that led his quartermaster to engage the services of Nicolas Appert to produce stable rations for his troops to carry into battle.

The canning industry that originated in 1809 has evolved during two centuries into a mature industry that still relies heavily on thermal processing to feed a growing population.

The Army used thermal processing to develop the C Ration, which evolved into the Meal, Combat Individual, that served U.S. troops from World War II through the Vietnam era. These rations relied on cylindrical metal cans.

In the late 1970s, the Army replaced metal cans with the more flexible and versatile polymeric retort pouch for improved thermally- processed products.

The retort pouch was developed by the Natick Soldier Center, part of the U.S. Army Soldier Systems Center (Natick), in cooperation with industry and academia, and it is the central feature of the Meal, Ready-to-Eat (MRE). The 21st version of this ration, which will be procured in 2001, will have 24 different meals, each with a different entree in a retort pouch.

To increase the mobility of individual soldiers, lightweight, calorically-dense or dehydrated rations are required. The freeze-dehydration process pioneered by the Natick Soldier Center is capable of producing high-quality meals with long shelf life.

This process produced the Long Range Patrol ration first used during the Vietnam conflict, and it is now used by industry for backpacker meals and survival rations, as well as for a variety of food ingredients.

Current efforts are focused on cost-effective dehydration processes, such as osmotic dehydration and the development of ready-to-eat, partially dehydrated intermediate moisture items.

The military has continually exploited a variety of mechanical, chemical and electromagnetic energy sources and technologies for purposes of offense, defense or communication.

Numerous electromagnetic energy sources-initially developed for other purposes-can now be used for food and other materials processing.

A variety of sources of energy across the electromagnetic spectrum may now be focused on food processing and other materials transformation mation processes. They are a dividend from generations of research aimed at much larger targets than the microorganisms that present threats to stability and safety of food materials.

Figure 1, which is adapted from a recent book on aseptic processing and packaging of foods (see footnote), captures a timeline for defense technology spin-offs to the food-processing industry. Currently, a considerable variety of thermal and nonthermal processes are being assessed to improve combat ration quality and variety. Among the thermal processes are high-temperature, short-time processes, including ohmic, microwave, radio frequency and induction heating.

The Natick Soldier Center and its precursor, the Quartermaster Food and Container Institute in Chicago, pioneered early research on nonthermal processes. The research explored food preservation potential of ionizing radiation (from both gamma and electron beam sources). The Natick program was transferred to the USDA in 1980. However, data from the Natick project have been important in getting the approval of low-dose irradiation to improve the safety of fresh meat products and to extend the shelf life of fresh produce. Sterilized irradiated meat items prepared for NASA under Natick Soldier Center guidance are currently used in the Space Shuttle program.

Other pacing technologies envisioned for 21st century combat rations are two nonthermal processes, pulsed electric field (PEF) and high pressure (HP) preservation.

The latter is also referred to as hyperbaric pressure preservation. PEF processing is applied to liquids or pumpable products using a flow-through treatment chamber as depicted in Figure 1.

HP preservation can be applied to either liquid or solid foods in flexible containers. The improved food preservation technologies are being used to:

- Minimize processed-induced loss of color, flavor, texture, and nutrition.
- Retain the highest possible quality in stressful storage environments.
- Provide shelf-stable foods with fresh food attributes.
- Optimize ration variety, acceptance and consumption.
- Reduce the logistics burden and cost vs. conventionally-processed foods.
- Enhance the overall quality of life of the service member.

Food Processing Industry Advances

@ canned food lasting for years.
more advances made by and DIRECTLY created by a more recent development...that's all i'm trying to say.

 

[MMS]

so you deflected and didnt answer the question

the answer is next to nothing

outside of a few FDA changes food tech is relatively the same now as it was in 1992

which is my point that technology isnt increasing exponentially

and in fact, the most important things have already happened

how you gonna compare military rations with what you buy at a grocery store but i forgot your autism

ive eaten those "rations" and i can assure you given the option servicemen would prefer regular food

 

[Orbital-Fetus]

so you deflected and didnt answer the question

the answer is next to nothing

outside of a few FDA changes food tech is relatively the same now as it was in 1992

which is my point that technology isnt increasing exponentially

and in fact, the most important things have already happened

how you gonna compare military rations with what you buy at a grocery store but i forgot your autism

go back to the original question.
we are advancing faster now than we did before....that is what we are talking about.

do you agree that humanity is advancing faster now than we ever have?