Still, as Arthur C Clarke once noted: advances that seem modest and trivial in the short term can lead to drastic change in the long.
In his 2006 inaugural lecture as the president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, he noted, "Advances in technology help meet basic human needs and drive economic growth through increased productivity, reduced costs, reduced resource use and environmental impact, and new or improved products and services".
In a section about previous publication activities it noted " Advances in Therapy will publish data that has been preregistered on clinical trial websites.
Others, however, note advances.
To this day, he speaks admiringly of the Sandinistas' campaign, noting advances in literacy and health care.
He gave no details, but noting advances by Iran-backed forces in Yemen and other Arab countries, he accused Iran of trying to "conquer the Middle East" while pursuing nuclearisation.
Stocks rose in Europe, and Greek two-year notes advanced for a fifth day on Monday after officials approved an aid payment to Greece to prevent a default.
Bonds and notes advanced after a California lawmaker said the state's two biggest utilities, the Pacific Gas and Electric unit of PG & E and the Southern California Edison unit of Edison International, were expected to declare bankruptcy, even if a bill intended to maintain the flow of power was passed, investors said.
On a side note, advanced use, such as interacting with the API, does require some familiarity with the web mapping technologies.
Clean-energy technology, he noted, has advanced "much, much faster than even the most optimistic people were projecting four to five years ago," a trend that the Trump Administration is unlikely to curtail.
