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> We live in the most interesting 200 year period of Earth so far in its 4.5B year history. People have been saying this for centuries now. And they will proba
by nromiun 6y ago
> We live in the most interesting 200 year period of Earth so far in its 4.5B year history.
People have been saying this for centuries now. And they will probably continue to do so in the future. Our rate of progress looks so high because we are living in it. Cut to another two hundred years and 2000 will look just like 1800.
- pedrosorio 6y agoFrom where I am standing, 1800 doesn't look anything like 1600.
- Rerarom 6y agohttps://slatestarcodex.com/2019/04/22/1960-the-year-the-singularity-was-cancelled/ https://slatestarcodex.com/2019/04/22/1960-the-year-the-sing...
- RivieraKid 6y agoFor the last few centuries maybe. Your underestimating how utterly anomalous has been the last about 200 years. There's a clear contrast between that and all prior 200 year periods. The idea of progress is relatively recent, 2 thousands years ago it basically didn't exist (from the book Sapiens).