why have more technological advances taken place in this century rather than any other?

Answer 1

Because knowledge begets knowledge.
I had read about twenty years ago in an article of interest that the industrial revolution lasted from about 1800 to 1900. A full century, and that in the 1960's we multiplied our technological knowledge ten times more than that of the whole industrial revolution! Ten times more than a hundred years of advancement in only ten short years!!
During the decade of the 1970's we advanced ten times more than what we did in the 1960's. At the end of the 1980's we had advanced ten times more than the 1970's and the 1990's brought our technological advancements ten times more than the 1980's.
Every decade is seeing an advancement of a multiple of ten to the last decade and we are not slowing down. The money to be made in technological advancements is phenomenal and companies, governments now know this as a truth to be reckoned with or lose out to hostile nations who can easily take over the land commercially. Never mind a war, just buy out the land over ten or twenty years and it's ours without a gun shot.
Our intelligence has outstripped our wisdom and to be truthfull? I don't know that we as a whole race can handle what we know without doing major damge to ourselves and other creatures around us!
I really don't think we have the wisdom to control the intelligence we have any more.

Answer 2

the foundations had already been laid in the 20th century, with huge advances made, driven by war. Both the British computer Colossus (bletchly park, lead by alan turing and his team) and the American computer ENIAC. these are considered to be the first electronic digitalized computers.
then saw computers such as the mackintosh in the 80's grafted to the IBM mainfraim, computers were very expensive, and could do little more than your average mobile phone can.

but some of the largest developments came this century as companies have had more money to invest, we rely more and more on technology and we buy it, therefore funding research into its development.

Answer 3

marketing is now a science and making more, more, more money has become the undisputed slavemaster. Things now become obsolete as soon as they hit the market though advertising tells us we must desire - and have - it all.

Answer 4

huh? this century is only 7 years old.

Answer 5

We have more highly educted people and more money is being spent on research.