Improbable Insights

Have we reached the age of incrementalism when it comes to tech advances? Intel's new processors add 10% performance and a little less power each generation. Smartphones all look the same, and capabilities between different slab phones differ little. HDTVs mostly come in 4K versions, whose image quality is hard to see relative to 1080p sets. So what am I missing, and where's the next big advances in technology coming to utterly wow us? A recent cartoon from the excellent Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal webcomic started me thinking about this. Tools I'm now using the excellent LG 38UC99 ultra-widescreen monitor. The overall resolution of 3840 x 1600 pixels seems perfect for daily work use and glorious for games. I discuss why the upgrade seemed compelling, even if it seems incremental over the 34-inch, 3440x1440 Dell U3415W I'd been using. I also discuss the process of adapting to a more traditional keyboard, and how much I like the Logitech G810. David updates to MacOC Sierra on his Macbook air, w