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> I sometimes wonder if we've managed to mask the real state of the economy by pumping the metrics to make it look like it's fine. This concept extrapolates wi
by calvano915 6y ago
> I sometimes wonder if we've managed to mask the real state of the economy by pumping the metrics to make it look like it's fine.
This concept extrapolates widely in our personal and professional lives. The internet and cell phones were probably the biggest real pieces of innovation in my lifetime (mid thirties). Everything else is just fluffed up rehashes of relics or in very early stages of something radically new. I just read an article proposing genomics as the next big thing to really change the course of medicine and humanity, and I'm inclined to agree but do not see what the timeline of the tipping point will be. Everywhere else I look I just see more stagnation, short term thinking/goals, and continuation of status quo...with touches of regression throughout.
- throwaway_4253 6y agoI wouldn't be so quick to dismiss medicine; we all just witnessed mRNA paying off its research tab, so it would seem. CRISPR is at the beginning of its journey, but monoclonal antibodies are practically miraculous to people with a lot of autoimmune conditions. I have one which almost certainly would have blinded me 30 years ago. Today I can get an (admittedly enormously expensive, we still have progress to make there) IV infusion every couple of months which has practically no side effects and effectively forces the disease into remission. This drug (Remicade) wasn't around when I was born, and I'm only 39.