Technology always feels like this: the breakthrough and the “revolution” are often separated by many years. If this is hard to grok just remind yourself the int

Technology always feels like this: the breakthrough and the “revolution” are often separated by many years. If this is hard to grok just remind yourself the internet existed in the 1970’s! We are at that same moment (post-breakthrough, pre-revolution), for genetics and biotech. CRISPR has changed the world, but most of us haven’t noticed too much yet, and I think we can’t imagine what it’s going to be like any more than the network engineers in the 70s could imagine TikTok. Another breakthrough that may be imminent is Fusion power, if the new magnets and associated materials the current crop of Fusion companies are touting really do make the difference to economical fusion. Geopolitics will change astronomically as the importance of fossil fuels wanes, but if it happens “fast” due to economical fusion then it may be a lot more “revolutionary” as compared to a more gradual transition via renewables and batteries. There’s tons of exciting stuff on the horizon. It’s just hard to perceive it coming until it’s arrived :)