is he right? are we stagnated except in software and computing stuff?
https://podcastnotes.org/2019/07/17/thiel/
>Innovation in science and technology is stagnating, specifically within the world of atoms
>This quote from Eric sums it up nicely – “Go into a room and subtract off all the screens. How do you then know you’re not in 1973?”
>As fields have become more specialized, it’s gotten easier for experts to lie and exaggerate about the progress of their respective industries
>Universities are costing more and more every year, but a good degree is still largely worth it
>Because of slowed progress in the realm of university science & technology research, university presidents are forced to lie about the state of affairs (for a variety of reasons)
>“The bigger the student debt gets, you can sort of think, ‘What does the $1.6 trillion in student debt pay for?’ In a sense, it pays for $1.6 trillion worth of lies about how great the system gets.”
>Peter’s solution to the student debt crisis:
>He’d make college debt dischargeable in bankruptcy (currently it’s nondischargeable) AND if people went bankrupt, part of the debt would have to be paid for by the university
>The automation story has been oversold
>“In the last 40-50 years, things have been slow, but we’ve been told things are about to accelerate like crazy. That may be true and I hope it’s true. But if one was simply extrapolating from the last 40-50 years, perhaps the default is that we should be more worried about the lack of automation than excess automation.”
https://podcastnotes.org/2019/07/17/thiel/
>Innovation in science and technology is stagnating, specifically within the world of atoms
>This quote from Eric sums it up nicely – “Go into a room and subtract off all the screens. How do you then know you’re not in 1973?”
>As fields have become more specialized, it’s gotten easier for experts to lie and exaggerate about the progress of their respective industries
>Universities are costing more and more every year, but a good degree is still largely worth it
>Because of slowed progress in the realm of university science & technology research, university presidents are forced to lie about the state of affairs (for a variety of reasons)
>“The bigger the student debt gets, you can sort of think, ‘What does the $1.6 trillion in student debt pay for?’ In a sense, it pays for $1.6 trillion worth of lies about how great the system gets.”
>Peter’s solution to the student debt crisis:
>He’d make college debt dischargeable in bankruptcy (currently it’s nondischargeable) AND if people went bankrupt, part of the debt would have to be paid for by the university
>The automation story has been oversold
>“In the last 40-50 years, things have been slow, but we’ve been told things are about to accelerate like crazy. That may be true and I hope it’s true. But if one was simply extrapolating from the last 40-50 years, perhaps the default is that we should be more worried about the lack of automation than excess automation.”
