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Someone here talked about Cyberpunk being outdated because our tech is even more powerful and doing even cooler things.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?