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Expecting technology to keep accelerating is a bias of our particular moment; for most of human history the tools did not change at all.

Drawn from what Adam Frank said

Subjectinnovation
What this subject means

innovation Where new things come from and how they spread: invention against diffusion, and being near the factory floor.

Mental modelExponential growth

What Adam Frank actually said

  1. Adam Frank Professor of astrophysics at the University of Rochester
    So, we could be fooled into thinking like, "Oh, technology's going to go on forever, we're always going to find new advances." As opposed to sometimes things just flatten out for a long time. So, you have to be careful about that bias that we have living in this time of great acceleration.

    Where this was said

    Watch from 1:48:38 plays here

    ↗Adam Frank: Alien Civilizations and the Search for Extraterrestrial Life | Lex Fridman Podcast #455youtube.com

    22 Dec 2024 · video · 3h 26m · spoken · official transcript

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