Then and now

Arthur Kantrowitz

doi:10.1117/12.321563

14 September 1998 Then and now

Arthur Kantrowitz

Proceedings Volume 3343, High-Power Laser Ablation; (1998) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.321563
Event: High-Power Laser Ablation, 1998, Santa Fe, NM, United States

Abstract

I want to talk today about the enthusiasm for technological progress today and compare it with the situation 30 or 40 years ago. Then most of us looked forward eagerly to advances in technology and to the expansions of humanity's horizons these advances would make possible. We looked forward not only to the advances we could foresee but especially to the surprises which we had come to expect would be the greatest advances. We were full of hope that our children would live better lives.

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Arthur Kantrowitz "Then and now", Proc. SPIE 3343, High-Power Laser Ablation, (14 September 1998); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.321563

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