I guess what I meant to say is: automotive tech is consolidating.

Saying it is slowing down was a mistake and I definitely stepped on many toes by doing so.

I love the fact that progress never stops. No matter how unimaginable it is that some piece of technology could be improved, it is not only improved upon but it will be dramatically reimagined and reinvented and iterated upon endlessly until it becomes entirely obsolete.

Even when people say “XYZ is approaching the laws of physics for how good it can get” they often turn out wrong, like with solar panels there are several theoretical limits which have been shattered by using multi-layer approaches and mirrored or stacked panels, or ways to excite 2 electrons from one photon, that ultimately push the technology forward in one dimension or another.

All I’m saying is, you’re in very good company.

Candles have not been pushed forwards much recently

How much do you think is spent on perfume / scent science annually?

Besides the core quality and variety of the scents, technology to prevent wick flare-ups, technology to alter burn rates, more economical mixtures of the wax, better composition of the jar to support cheaper shipping and less breakage.

That’s not even to mention all the new competition to the venerable candle; non-burning LED candles, plug-in oil dispensers, time release mechanisms, vaporizers, etc.

Ah man, I've been and done a [we need a name for this as mentioned by comment above]

edit: its a misjudgement about the stagnation of technology. How about "mistagnatechment"?

Ah man, I've been and done a mistagnatechment!