Interesting, see also Joel Mokyr: https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.theatlantic.com/amp/article/507740/ … His book *A Culture of Growth* clued me to the influence of Bacon in this regard
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Yes, I really liked that book. (Although it was too long.)
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Well written. Isn't it obvious that society has unlimited innovation capacity due to spread between each individual's potential and actual?
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Capacity and optimism both increase over time: falling cost of information empowers more people to dream and to do. Progress is Inevitable.
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1/And the widening is arguably largely attributable to increased inequality ie individual safe bets crowding out risks
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2/unless you're from privielege and have support network that can absorb/cushion against the risk of taking a plunge
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Agreed,
@danwwang is brilliant.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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I can ad something to this that might cheer you up Dan. 34% of the US workforce serves 200K+ midsize businesses. Why is that important?
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While some services may seem zero-sum any spending creates further downstream demand that would not have existed otherwise, e.g.
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TV stations running political ads get more revenue, allowing them to spend more on programs or return more to owners who will invest it.
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