Breakthrough progress in science is slowing, write @patrickc and @michael_nielsen in a good article. I do think they undersell they undersell the biggest explanation: The Laws of Physics Underlying Everyday Life Are Completely Understood™.https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2018/11/diminishing-returns-science/575665/ …
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Nordhaus who won Econ Nobel this year: "traditional price indexes of lighting vastly overstate the increase in lighting prices over the last two centuries, and the true rise in living standards in this sector has consequently been vastly understated." https://www.nber.org/chapters/c6064.pdf …
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No Nobel prize for computer science? Really? How about The [insert tech company name here] Prize for Computer Science in Memory of Alfred Nobel?pic.twitter.com/JVDxsVoW74
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