This is an odd thought process, but I think a lot of people are stuck in a specific year with their thoughts. Let's take Remote Working or as it was called in the 90's, technomads. That's a 34 year old idea that was made before web browsers became a big thing.
In the medical world it's a common thing to see the latest equipment hooked up to a computer that is running windows XP or earlier. I've run a piece of equipment to a specialist fix it shop because the needed video card was made by ATI. The equipment isn't anything new and the manufacturer demands that the older computer be used. The modern hospital is about 20 years old if you ever think about it.
Someone here talked about Cyberpunk being outdated because our tech is even more powerful and doing even cooler things. People talk about it being around the corner, and don't realize we already passed it.
So, why are so many people and fields caught in years gone by? What is hampering them? How does this effect politics? What can be done to speed things up?
It’s a risk of unnecessary slow down for some places. Imagine one of the few remaining US based factories have an assembly line that’s been running since the 70s they updated the line to have a modern computer for what’s essentially automated data entry into a spreadsheet covering production numbers, down time for machine break downs, or a fork lift being late for supplies for the line, etc. with a computer running xp when it came out. it took a while for the line to get to producing the expected output. After all some machines are from the 70s, 80, 90s, 00s, and 10s. Why would you screw up your production to update the os or computer hardware for spreadsheet entry. Unless it’s becomes more difficult or more expensive to replace parts on those computers throwing in modern tech with decades old equipment will have a lot of growing pains. Cutting into your expected output, which then makes the cost of your product go up. Shareholders are starting to question why the factory is still in the US instead of the third world…. All because some dumb IT guy thought windows 11 and the latest version Of excel would somehow enter numbers into a spreadsheet better