Two Ted Talks on how technology and human ingenuity will likely make the future better. The speakers are optimistic, as opposed to a more pessimistic take from Robert Gordon. Erik Brynjolfsson is also optimistic about growth, but thinks human will need to “race with/against the machines”, a theme not dissimilar from Tyler’s latest book Average is over (even though most people seem to associate Tyler with The Great Stagnation, he’s probably more a realistic optimist than a pessimist).
Where do I fall on the debate? I don’t think anyone can predict what will happen that far out, but my bias is that things will continue to get better over the next 100 years or so. I’m not sure where this optimism bias arises from, but it probably serves me well personally.
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