And this means progress stops ... because...? I could see making this argument for true AI, maybe, but even then I doubt it's true. When in human history has a

And this means progress stops ... because...? I could see making this argument for true AI, maybe, but even then I doubt it's true. When in human history has allowing people's minds greater degrees of freedom resulted in progress slowing down, let alone stopping? This just sounds like "Kids these days..." kind of nonsense to me.