You could say it for 800 A.D. or 1200 A.D. too, and yet 880 A.D or 1280 A.D. wouldn't look too different. In fact, you could say it for 300 B.C. and 1300 A.D. - a whole millenium away - would still be quite similar technologically.
Not all periods have 1942-2022 amount of innovation. In fact 1942-2022 is itself bimodal and front-loaded. By 1980 already most major innovation had already happened. The rest is mostly efficiency improvements and diminishing returns, but much much much less major inventions.
Not all periods have 1942-2022 amount of innovation. In fact 1942-2022 is itself bimodal and front-loaded. By 1980 already most major innovation had already happened. The rest is mostly efficiency improvements and diminishing returns, but much much much less major inventions.