Technological progress mostly works by outrunning regulation. Once the regulators move in to prevent the nasty side effects of innovation, progress grinds to a halt.
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Not sure about the pace of recent progress (always looks faster from up close), but was medicine significantly less regulated last century?
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I think it was less regulated! Getting a new substance or procedure past the FDA has become very expensive. For instance, the invention of hormonal contraception might be much harder today, no?
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