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Discussing Where's My Flying Car w/ Rohit Krishnan
Rohit Krishnan is a venture capitalist who writes about "the strange loops underlying our systems of innovation" at https://www.strangeloopcanon.com.
We discussed J. Storrs. Hall's book Where Is My Flying Car?
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Episode website + transcript here.
Relevant essays from Rohit:
Review of Where Is My Flying Car
The Small Successes Of Nanotech
Isolated Narratives of Progress
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Timestamps:
(00:00) - Why don't we have flying cars?
(08:09) - Should we expect exponential growth?
(18:13) - Machiavelli Effect and centralization of science funding
(27:55) - We need more science fiction
(32:40) - The return of citizen science?
(37:40) - Have we grown too comfortable for progress?
(42:15) - Is India the future of innovation?
(47:15) - Is there an upper-income trap?
(50:30) - Forecasts for technologies
Timestamps:
00:00 Why don't we have flying cars?
08:09 Should we expect exponential growth?
18:13 Machiavelli Effect and centralization of science funding
27:55 We need more science fiction
32:40 The return of citizen science?
37:40 Have we grown too comfortable for progress?
42:15 Is India the future of innovation?
47:15 Is there an upper-income trap?
50:30 Forecasts for technologies
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Published on 3 years, 11 months ago