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Why slow progress is more dangerous than fast progress
Mathias Sundin2y1

Yup, I agree. And the best way for that would have been faster progress of safety technology, IMO.

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Why slow progress is more dangerous than fast progress
Mathias Sundin2y1

Thanks for the reply!

This text is short, so more nuances could be added. But I touch on the things you mention:

I think the general angst over one technology plowing ahead much further than the rest is exaggerated:

"Of course, giving Caligula a nuclear bomb wouldn't be great. But the risk of one technology progressing much faster than the general level of knowledge is low. Innovation depends on earlier innovation. There is a reason the Romans didn't have a Manhattan Project. If we increase the rate of innovation in one area, it will spill over and increase i... (read more)

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1jasoncrawford2yI agree that “one technology plowing ahead much further than the rest” is unlikely, but I don't think that's the issue. To return to your seat belt example: seat belts were invented and widely deployed only after cars had been around for decades. Car technology got way ahead of car safety technology. That's the sort of pattern I think we should reduce in the future. I like the Deutsch quote and agree.
How is progress correlated with energy intensity?
Mathias Sundin2y2

Thanks Tony. Currently reading his Energy: A Beginner's Guide =)

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Introductions thread (please introduce yourself)
Mathias Sundin2y7

Hi! CEO and Editor-in-Chief of Warp News and chairman of Warp Institute, with the mission to make the future come sooner, aka speed up progress.

We are a community of 50 000+ forward-looking, optimistic people worldwide. I'm based in Sweden, and my two co-founders in North Carolina.

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