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Figuring out how America can go fast[0] again. Solving would be great but I would also settle for a theory of mind as to why we haven't been able to for the la

Figuring out how America can go fast[0] again. Solving would be great but I would also settle for a theory of mind as to why we haven't been able to for the last 50 years or so. [0] https://patrickcollison.com/fast https://patrickcollison.com/fast

boxed 5y ago
Moving fast is only good if you're not mistaken. Mao, Pol Pot and Hitler moved fast. But they were wrong. It was some of the largest disasters the world has ever experienced.
samwillis 5y ago
Not just America, but the world has shown just how fast it can move in the last two years. We went from new virus causing a pandemic to over 60% of the world having at least one dose of a vaccine in 24 months. Far faster than anyone thought possible. https://ourworldindata.org/covid-vaccinations https://ourworldindata.org/covid-vaccinations
- Trasmatta 5y ago
  Yeah, that's the example I was going to give. The development, testing, production, and distribution of multiple effective vaccines was a demonstration of how we can still go fast.
kingkawn 5y ago
The empire is over. Building it was a travesty. Slow down and enjoy life.
imglorp 5y ago
Education, basic research, and infrastructure were the fuels that propelled our success until the 70s. We had these things up until Nixon and Reagan realized they could attack those institutions for short term gain, redirecting the funds to the 1% and calling it trickle down. Now we're paying for it.
generalizations 5y ago
There's probably just too many rules these days. I wonder how many of those examples would have been slowed down by bureaucratic regulations these days.
tomjen3 5y ago
Too many regulations. There are basically none in computing compared to everything else, which means that all it takes to do something new is a Hacker with an obsession. The Covid Vax was sent to the first round of testing before the disease showed up in the US. If we all the tests weren't legally required, many people wouldn't have died. More than 900.000 dead. 2977 died on 9/11, so this delay is more 100 times worse. Now imagine this, but for everything. We need something to replace bureaucracy.

boxed 5y ago

Moving fast is only good if you're not mistaken. Mao, Pol Pot and Hitler moved fast. But they were wrong. It was some of the largest disasters the world has ever experienced.

samwillis 5y ago

Not just America, but the world has shown just how fast it can move in the last two years. We went from new virus causing a pandemic to over 60% of the world having at least one dose of a vaccine in 24 months. Far faster than anyone thought possible. https://ourworldindata.org/covid-vaccinations https://ourworldindata.org/covid-vaccinations

Trasmatta 5y ago
Yeah, that's the example I was going to give. The development, testing, production, and distribution of multiple effective vaccines was a demonstration of how we can still go fast.

kingkawn 5y ago

The empire is over. Building it was a travesty. Slow down and enjoy life.

imglorp 5y ago

Education, basic research, and infrastructure were the fuels that propelled our success until the 70s. We had these things up until Nixon and Reagan realized they could attack those institutions for short term gain, redirecting the funds to the 1% and calling it trickle down. Now we're paying for it.

generalizations 5y ago

There's probably just too many rules these days. I wonder how many of those examples would have been slowed down by bureaucratic regulations these days.

tomjen3 5y ago

Too many regulations. There are basically none in computing compared to everything else, which means that all it takes to do something new is a Hacker with an obsession. The Covid Vax was sent to the first round of testing before the disease showed up in the US. If we all the tests weren't legally required, many people wouldn't have died. More than 900.000 dead. 2977 died on 9/11, so this delay is more 100 times worse. Now imagine this, but for everything. We need something to replace bureaucracy.