[fredex]

"Except for some points of information, biomedical, and materials technology, it's not clear that our standard of living is as high now."

This is probably the most uninformed, illogical, and inept points I've ever read on HN. Third-world children are now texting their friends on mobile phones, instead of dying of hunger. You have no idea what it was like growing up in the 50s. Do you even know what "economic growth" even means? Do you understand how many consecutive periods of growth our economy has had?

Unbelievable.