Cedric Chin on Twitter: "@Dollar_Stearn Fantastic links, as usual. Thank you." / Twitter

There's a thought experiment in Robert Gordon's The Rise and Fall of American Growth, that if you take a person from 1900 and bring him forward to 1930, he would be stunned, but if you took someone from 1970 and brought him to the 2000s, there isn't as large a difference.

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Have a look at these two posts: timharford.com/2017/08/what-w ben-evans.com/benedictevans/

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What We Get Wrong About Technology

Blade Runner (1982) is a magnificent film, but there’s something odd about it. The heroine, Rachael, seems to be a beautiful young woman. In reality, she’s a piece of technology — an organic robot …

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Fantastic links, as usual. Thank you.

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No worries! For a counter point, see this. The full book is worth a skim though I wouldn’t say it’s a ‘must-read’; good analysis anyway. This review by is superb; note the reviewer. firstthings.com/article/2020/0

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Jesus, don't know how I missed this.

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