What I found very interesting in our last lecture was the possibility that Babbage was competent enough to finish his work back then. It is nice to imagine what our lives would be like if computers today was invented a century earlier.
If computers were invented a century earlier then the possibilities of what we could be using today is mind boggling. Innovation in the past decade or so has been so fast that it is easy to imagine that if Babbage finished his work that life today would be so much different.
Interesting as it may be to imagine what could have been the fact that Babbage was not competent enough to finish his work is so disappointing. We could have been so much more advanced today. It is also frustrating that during his time the government did not support him as much.
I just hope that governments around the world learn from this mistake and is not quick to dismiss arising technologies or theories. By being more vigilant in identifying what could be a great idea is extremely important as it can better our society exponentially in the future.
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