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There's a similar pipeline for food; the people who think about such things say we need to increase our food supply by 85% in the next 50 years. It takes about
by saalweachter 9y ago
There's a similar pipeline for food; the people who think about such things say we need to increase our food supply by 85% in the next 50 years. It takes about 35 years for a new piece of agricultural technology to go from the lab to ubiquitous, so we are really looking to have those technological advancements in the next ~15 years.
- mcherm 9y agoMaybe the problem that needs to be solved is the amount of time that it takes to bring an invention from "proof of concept" to "widespread use". In fact, maybe there has been significant progress on that particular issue just in the past couple of decades. I see new technology adoption curves that outpace anything we used to see.