@Snappy's comment on 'Just wanted to remind you guys that technology is not stagnant at all and we are currently making huge strides every decade.'

Got into an argument with an idiot. Went on about how technology is slowing down and all that crap. No it's not. Here, I will give some examples of recent tech to prove it.

Unreal engine 5 photorealisitc graphics game engine
Military drones becoming common use
New generation of tanks is out with added stealth and drone attachments
We are on the cusp of finishing development of the first fully reusable space craft that should get costs per pound down to less than a 100$ for launch into space
Supercomputers keep getting better every year
While chips and smartphone upgrades might feel a bit shaky, that growth has instead shifted to automation of industries and AI development.
GPT -3 and DALL-E 2 came out just a few years ago. GPT- 4 will likely be out in another year or two.
Digital payment methods became a big thing with e-wallets
Lab grown food and meats have been getting exponentially cheaper
We got that new big butt deep space telescope out in space right now
Moon base setup initial phases should be done with by the end of this decade
Germany automated enough to get out of the 2008 economic hole, same for South Korea and maybe even Japan.
Renewables have been growing at an insane rate. Will definitely phase out coal and oil within our lifetimes.
Israel is leading in reforestation tech. It got it's forest cover in a desert land to 7% from less than 1% 30 years ago.
You got movie grade CGI from the 2000's high budget movies in TV shows now.
Facebook is working on the metaverse
Electric cars keep getting cheaper
Car automation although progressing at a slow rate is still progressing. We are pretty much halfway to full self driving cars.
You are seeing enough progress in technology that what would be considered luxury tech at one point in time becomes accessible to the middle class within 5-7 years at most. On the human advancements scale that's an insane rate. Your kids tech access and experience will be completely disconnected from your own.
One decade has enough tech upgrades that it shifts how you live your life or your expectations from your products completely.
Upgrades in language models and social AI.
Loads of European infrastructure has cross country interconnections now.
China is developing an insane amount of infrastructure in the developing world.
We already have limited application of robots in the military. Such as the bomb squad mule.
Advancements in 3D printed organs
Robots with human like skin
The Iron Dome works
Military grade night vision tech is as good as looking at things during the day.
Agriculture is highly automated and continues to automate further.
We can construct artificial islands now.

What more proof do you need that we are still advancing and moving forward? Stop following /r/collapse like it's the gospel they are all dumb death worshipers who don't realize it.