Star Trek Imagined Progress Linearly — Much of the 2300s May Arrive in the 2030s
Dr_Singularity · x · 2026-09-25
An observation on the pace of technological progress: Star Trek writers imagined the leap from the 1960s to the 2300s linearly, but real-world progress is orders of magnitude faster—much of what the show pictured for the 24th century may arrive in the 2030s. A macro-trend take in the AGI-era discourse.
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