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This Can’t Go On
The long view of economic history says we're in the midst of a huge, unsustainable acceleration. What happens next?
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The long view of economic history says we're in the midst of a huge, unsustainable acceleration. What happens next?
This summarizes the frustratingly ambiguous state of the evidence for pretty much any "Does X cause Y?" question you might have.
With great power comes, er, unclear responsibility and zero accountability.