I think you need to show evidence that 1.the speed of innovation was indeed higher previously, and 2. that it was higher because of less regulation/safety wha

I think you need to show evidence that 1.the speed of innovation was indeed higher previously, and 2. that it was higher because of less regulation/safety what are the innovations that would not have been discovered today? you're just asserting this without anything to back it up. At least 1. Contradicts most what I have read, which is that our speed of innovation/knowledge acquisition is accelerating