Alec Stapp
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@AlecStapp
Co-founder @IFP, an innovation policy think tank
Technology is making the world worse. Nothing good has been invented in the last 25 years. Superfluous, spurious innovations that seem impressive at first, like the iPhone, take back more than they give and ultimately benefit only oppressive governments and their oligarch allies.
“Technology is making the world worse. Nothing good has been invented in the last 25 years.”
Technology is making the world worse. Nothing good has been invented in the last 25 years. Superfluous, spurious innovations that seem impressive at first, like the iPhone, take back more than they give and ultimately benefit only oppressive governments and their oligarch allies.
@AlecStapp When people refer to "tech" they don't mean medicine. Also, this conversation started because you were whining about the media being critical - can you point to any media that was critical of Trikafta?
The age 20-24 unemployment rate is now ~unchanged since the AI boom began:
Let me just say, if Democrats reject a permitting deal with a robust transmission provision because of NHPA angst, I will be very, very disappointed. (Also: some of the most important aspects of NHPA analysis burden clean energy disproportionately: ifp.org/reforming-sect…).
How Ukraine Built a War Fighting State austinvernon.site/blog/ukrainewa… Most analysts have expected Ukraine to lose since 2022. Yet they’re still fighting and have turned the momentum. These are my notes on how they did it.
