Automated Science Triggers 21st Century Bonanza
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After being relatively flat since early 2000s, it’s not surprising that many economists doubt that productivity will again match or exceed the growth rates seen in the 1990s. That’s because they are thinking in terms of the technological plateau we’ve been on since the invention of the worldwide web. The great success stories of the past 30 years have mostly been linear extrapolations from that breakthrough. Search engines,.....

After being relatively flat since early 2000s, it’s not surprising that many economists doubt that productivity will again match or exceed the growth rates seen in the 1990s. That’s because they are thinking in terms of the technological plateau we’ve been on since the invention of the worldwide web. The great success stories of the past 30 years have mostly been linear extrapolations from that breakthrough. Search engines,.....