[kken]

>The more people, the more scaling.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Experience_curve_effects#Wrigh...

This is what brought us scientific and engineering progress.

The problem is, of course, that growing inequality stalls these mechanisms.

[__alexs]

This is what bought us the rate of progress we've become accustomed too. Why should we want it to be faster?

[skeeter2020]

Oh the hubris, to think that it has anything to do with what the individual wants! Humans are unique in their belief that we master the universe and conform everything to our desires.

[MonkeyMalarky]

Because we're going to to have to science and engineer our way out of the climate change hole that's been dug.

[__alexs]

We already have the technology to do that. We just don't have the political will to do it.

[daniel-cussen]

The last 500 years's scientific progress is much less impressive when you adjust for the number of people it took to make all that progress.