Jason Crawford
Founder of the Roots of Progress Institute, who left a software career to write full time about the history and philosophy of technological progress — how it happened, why it took so long, and whether it has slowed.
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Believed beforeby their own account
Their words, looking backWhen I first heard the stagnation hypothesis, I was skeptical. The arguments weren’t convincing to me.
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Our readingNo longer believes this.
Their wordsBut as I studied the history of progress (and looked at the numbers), I slowly came around, and now I’m fairly convinced.