How Far Have We Come?

excuse the cynicism, but after watching the film "pi" I asked myself, how far in technology have we really come? It seems as though we just keep cheaping ourself to filter our thoughts to an illusion of progress. Or are we moving faster then every in our history. I would seem easy, but I cannot figure it out. I belive we are not moving at all like we were...I can only think of a few major disoverys and achivments in this generation...like the internet. But where are we going? even Fashion and music is repeating it self, not like history doesn't but it is concerning.

I don't know - this is probley the reason that I look to the past for inspriation.