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> We just have to continue solving difficult engineering problems in order to harness it. But that requires large amounts of cheap energy to do. The last 200 y
by baron_harkonnen 8y ago
> We just have to continue solving difficult engineering problems in order to harness it.
But that requires large amounts of cheap energy to do. The last 200 years haven't been an insane time of innovation just because we, as a species, got magically more brilliant. It's because we had unprecedented accessed to cheap energy.
- goatlover 8y agoThat fuel became available because of the industrial revolution. Further technological advances will make other forms of energy cheaply available. As for intelligence, our civilization certainly has become more capable since technology and science build upon each other.