Venkatesh Rao@vgr·Jan 1, 2020In the Searing Twenties, educated and hard-skilled people will have 2 basic choices: work on the hardest real problems like climate change and political unraveling, OR the most ambitious escapism engineering ever.944214
Eric Richards@EricRichards22·Jan 1, 2020Replying to @vgrCynically, I think the money is going to be in the latter option.26
Eric Richards@EricRichards22·Jan 1, 2020Replying to @vgrI agree. Watching a sizable fraction of the best and brightest minds of my generation work to maximize clicks gives me pause, however.118