[ExI] 50 greatest post-fire breakthroughs

[Max More]

On Thu, Oct 24, 2013 at 4:28 PM, Anders Sandberg <anders at aleph.se> wrote:

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> http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2013/11/innovations-list/309536/:<http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2013/11/innovations-list/309536/>
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> In short, these scientists and creative types decided to answer the
> question they wanted us to ask, rather than the exact one we posed. We have
> new sympathy for people attempting to manage universities and R&D labs.
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> Amen. Never try to give a survey to academics!
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> Nice discussion, more relevant than the list itself.
>

Absolutely!

Worth reading, also, for enriched historical context for current discussion
of rates (and significance) of technological change.

--Max


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