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mk  ·  4716 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Are you a technoptimist or a depressimist?

A bit of both. I am a technoptimist when it comes to what I think we will achieve, but a depressimist when it comes to what I think the result might be.

Also, I think people often under-estimate the time it takes to get a new technology to market in a way that affects us all. The inventors always imagine 5-10 years, but it's usually more like 20-30.

As an aside, I never wanted a flying car, and never expected one. Unless we have extremely cheap energy, they would be a collossal waste of it.