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by machinelearning 2528 days ago
The real problem isn't the stagnation of science and technology (in most cases - notable exceptions are maybe healthcare and the climate). The more imminent problem is the economic implication of the embedded growth obligations. And the even higher level problem is that of generations making future obligations they can't meet and don't know about it. A kind of indeterminate optimism.
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I noticed you downvoted my comment for no specific reason, do you disagree with something I wrote? Or do you misunderstand some part of it? If so I'd be happy to debate/explain it. Thiel himself alludes to this being the mechanism of how stagnation becomes a problem in the podcast, so the source of your discontent is quite unexpected.
I did not downvote your comment.