i think in 100 years people will look back at 2022 and be even more astonished at how bad our quality of life was than we are looking back at people who lived 1000 years ago

Jul 27, 2022 · 4:38 PM UTC

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(as long as we don't give up on the enlightenment values that got us here)
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We live in an exponential age, so the progress of the next 100 years will surpass the progress of the past 1,000. 30 steps linearly (1,2,3,4) = 30. 30 steps exponentially (1,2,4,8) = 1 billion. Our minds aren't trained to think this way, so most people miss it.
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we dont even properly understand how people lived 1000 years ago. Humans are the species with great amnesia
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Agreed. Eyeball scanning is the best path forward.
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Your enthusiastic optimism about the future is encouraging. I just hope that we’re able to fix the climate with the viable options (fusion, carbon capture, geo, et al) in time … “in time” being the key phrase because speed is the main challenge.
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Things that will be weird in 100 years: - writing code - driving cars - eating meat - owning a laptop (😅) - traveling for tourism
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I like this @amandamull story about whether life was—or was not—actually better in the Middle Ages (~1,000 yrs ago) theatlantic.com/health/archi…

What Did Medieval Peasants Know?

The internet has become strangely nostalgic for life in the Middle Ages.

theatlantic.com
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100 years from now? I'm interested in how we look back on it 10 years from now. There will definitely be some societal & population impacts from what is happening today.
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They may be looking back in awe at how incredible it was. 🤷‍♂️
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Tis the way of exponential growth
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