# Is there a limit to technological progress?

- Institution: TED
- Department: TED-Ed
- Speaker: Clément Vidal
- Year: 2016
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Art, architecture and design, Teaching and learning
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/clement_vidal_is_there_a_limit_to_technological_progress)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

Many generations have felt they've reached the pinnacle of technological advancement. Yet, if you look back 100 years, the technologies we take for granted today would seem like impossible magic. So — will there be a point where we reach an actual limit of technological progress? And if so, are we anywhere near that limit now? Clément Vidal consults Kardashev's scale to find out. \[Directed by Balint Gelley, narrated by Addison Anderson, music by Gergely Buttinger\].

## Lectures

1. [Is there a limit to technological progress?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/clement_vidal_is_there_a_limit_to_technological_progress/f1cbe36d751d), 5 min (TED's player)