Debating the fundament of failed futurism
@PeterThiel published a provocative book review of The Decadent Society. For most of the 21st-Century, he has been puzzled by the apparent stagnation of progress, in science, technology and the economy.
We disagree:https://flic.kr/p/2iszfE1
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Replying to @FutureJurvetson @peterthiel
I don't think this is *all* local perception — what of e.g.
@patrickc &@michael_nielsen's take?https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theatlantic.com/amp/article/575665/ …1 reply 3 retweets 9 likes -
Replying to @webdevMason @peterthiel and
When you ask physicists to rate the value of physics prizes, one can excuse them for seeing the past more vividly since: 1) old discoveries have had more time to percolate out as foundational blocks of other discoveries 2) they learned about them in school 3) they don't compete
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Replying to @webdevMason @FutureJurvetson and
I agree with the effect that Steve Jurvetson discusses, but I really think that Peter Thiel's more broad identification with systemic dysfunction in society is worth looking at. I kept hearing RE: Climate Change that Americans are good in a crisis, and here we are in a crisis...
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Covid19 is a crisis at massive scale. Two numbers to think about. Contagious enough to maybe scale to 60% infected. 327 mm US ppl, 15% severe cases: 29.4mm severe cases Only 95,000 ICU beds in the whole country, maybe 1/10 as many respirators. Problem if it hits us all at once!
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