I do think it is a bit ironic that it is, at least partly, economist raising these issues. Since in my view it is partly the misuse of economics as a way to dec

I do think it is a bit ironic that it is, at least partly, economist raising these issues. Since in my view it is partly the misuse of economics as a way to decide things, rather than as a way to perform what is decided, that have left us here. And by that I don't mean you shouldn't consider economics. It is just that in an ideal world, you do things that are worth it anyway. 1. I think you could to some extent William Gibson this though. "The future is already here — it’s just not evenly distributed". Maybe we have made less progress, but it also looks far less because it isn't being obviously distributed. (I guess in regards to Moore's law you can remove "not evenly" from the quote). 2. I agree. I wonder if this doesn't have a lot to do with misguidance. Basically a lot of our ideas of the future are old. Therefor we want self-driving cars, even though we know cars are limited in the sense that they have non-specific applications. So a lot of what people see as the future is a non-starter from the beginning. I will have to read some of that material. I do think that science could be getting harder. On the other hand I am not sure we are even making the effort. Space exploration is something that get really hard really quick. But there are certainly a bunch of things you could at least try to explore in our solar system. But I guess that progress can be hard to quantify as well.