Since Tyler brought up rent seeking, consider the rent-seeking parasites in transhumanst circles who hustle illusions like "nanotechnology" and "friendly AI."
The other day, while making my weekly shopping trip, I chuckled at how banal life looks in our mysterious, far-future year 2012. I don't see flying cars, robotic servants, armies of clones, nuclear powered flashlights for sale or any of the other things that the last century's "futurists" and science fiction writers thought we might have by now. Oh, my iPad might have looked science-fictional to me in my childhood in Tulsa back in the 1960's and 1970's; but I drive a 1989 model car.
A few years ago, Popular Science asked "Is Science Fiction About to Go Blind?" Perhaps in a manner of speaking it has, because instead of a singularity we got stagnation.
I notice the elephant in the room that Cowen fails to mention: How much of the Great Stagnation in the U.S. derives from the capital our political system has assigned to the Pentagon since 1973 and basically destroys?
I expected that transhumanists would scale back their aspirations when middle aged reality set in. Cowen and Peter Thiel provide some much needed balance to this "singularity" nonsense.
"Working with people" means the service economy based on social interaction. And human social interaction resists become more efficient. Just stand in line at Walmart and see what I mean.
A very stimulating discussion, at times quite frightening for a high school teacher at a successful inner city school, but stimulating!
One thing though - I don't see life being much fun if my iphone was picking my dates and advising me on everything. I could see a very strong reaction against this much more so perhaps than the cultural criticism schools of today react against industrial relations.
@igorkrupitsky There's no reason to think that he didn't include that in his calculations, though. Adding the income streams and dividing by the household size is pretty basic.
Anyone know if there's a transcript of this, it's a pain to listen and write everyone on my own. I need the text to analyse if what he's saying is sound and valid or if there's flaws in his talk. Maybe i'll get the book after i've watched this if nothing else works.
Very good talk. Way too many people apparently don't understand what questions are. Questions end in question marks. They are what you say when the speaker might know somethin that you don't and you want to find it out.
It's only me or this guy is full of BS?
D3mi4n 1 week ago
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We are Egalitarian in the USA???
The 400 Richest Americans Are Now Richer Than the Bottom 50 Percent Combined.
ISMOPANAMA 1 week ago
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ISMOPANAMA 1 week ago
I can't believe he thinks the usa is TOO egalitarian!
jjdiggers 3 weeks ago
Since Tyler brought up rent seeking, consider the rent-seeking parasites in transhumanst circles who hustle illusions like "nanotechnology" and "friendly AI."
MrAdvancedAtheist 1 month ago 2
The other day, while making my weekly shopping trip, I chuckled at how banal life looks in our mysterious, far-future year 2012. I don't see flying cars, robotic servants, armies of clones, nuclear powered flashlights for sale or any of the other things that the last century's "futurists" and science fiction writers thought we might have by now. Oh, my iPad might have looked science-fictional to me in my childhood in Tulsa back in the 1960's and 1970's; but I drive a 1989 model car.
MrAdvancedAtheist 1 month ago
A few years ago, Popular Science asked "Is Science Fiction About to Go Blind?" Perhaps in a manner of speaking it has, because instead of a singularity we got stagnation.
MrAdvancedAtheist 1 month ago
I notice the elephant in the room that Cowen fails to mention: How much of the Great Stagnation in the U.S. derives from the capital our political system has assigned to the Pentagon since 1973 and basically destroys?
MrAdvancedAtheist 2 months ago
I expected that transhumanists would scale back their aspirations when middle aged reality set in. Cowen and Peter Thiel provide some much needed balance to this "singularity" nonsense.
MrAdvancedAtheist 2 months ago
"Working with people" means the service economy based on social interaction. And human social interaction resists become more efficient. Just stand in line at Walmart and see what I mean.
MrAdvancedAtheist 2 months ago
A very stimulating discussion, at times quite frightening for a high school teacher at a successful inner city school, but stimulating!
One thing though - I don't see life being much fun if my iphone was picking my dates and advising me on everything. I could see a very strong reaction against this much more so perhaps than the cultural criticism schools of today react against industrial relations.
gavinfoley103 2 months ago
Speech starts at 1:22
sachamm 2 months ago 4
How silly to compare Median household income between 1974 to 2007 when the average size of a household declined down to 2.5.
igorkrupitsky 3 months ago
@igorkrupitsky There's no reason to think that he didn't include that in his calculations, though. Adding the income streams and dividing by the household size is pretty basic.
enmartinsen81 3 months ago
Anyone know if there's a transcript of this, it's a pain to listen and write everyone on my own. I need the text to analyse if what he's saying is sound and valid or if there's flaws in his talk. Maybe i'll get the book after i've watched this if nothing else works.
Vaijykone 3 months ago
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jonperry 3 months ago
Very good talk. Way too many people apparently don't understand what questions are. Questions end in question marks. They are what you say when the speaker might know somethin that you don't and you want to find it out.
JoshuaZelinsky 4 months ago
@JoshuaZelinsky agreed. Robin Hanson would probably say something about 'signaling' here.
ledflyd 3 months ago
1:14:14 ''What the''... FUCK! that is all.
marmaladekamikaze 4 months ago
great talk!
bdille 4 months ago