![]() * The official explanation for the slowdown in travel centers on the high cost of fuel, which points to the much larger failure in energy innovation. A faded 1964 Popular Science cover story - “Who’ll Fly You at 2,000 m.p.h.?” - barely recalls the dreams of a bygone age. Today’s advocates of space jets, lunar vacations, and the manned exploration of the solar system appear to hail from another planet. The centuries-long acceleration of travel speeds - from ever-faster sailing ships in the 16th through 18th centuries, to the advent of ever-faster railroads in the 19th century, and ever-faster cars and airplanes in the 20th century - reversed with the decommissioning of the Concorde in 2003, to say nothing of the nightmarish delays caused by strikingly low-tech post-9/11 airport-security systems. Consider the most literal instance of non-acceleration: We are no longer moving faster. * When tracked against the admittedly lofty hopes of the 1950s and 1960s, technological progress has fallen short in many domains. * In the last 40-50 years, we have had enormous innovation in the world of bits, and somewhat less in the world of atoms: clean tech, energy, more generally, transportation, biomedical. Peter Thiel on the Failures and “Self-Hatred” of Big-Tech Republican National Convention speech Ģ6. Peter Thiel on leaving Silicon Valley for Los Angeles Ģ0. Peter Thiel on “The Straussian Moment” ġ4. Is the US losing its competitive edge? ġ3. What is happening in different areas of technology?ġ1. Seize the opportunity to change people’s attitudes People are either in acceptance or denial We think about the future in indefinite ways People underestimate the importance of culture We’ve seen globalization rather than technological progress Internet progress masks other deteriorationĪI is not making as much progress as people think We’ve fallen far short of past expectations We’re in an era of technological stagnation Compiled by Richard Ngo and Jeremy Nixon going on? This document consists only of direct quotes from Thiel, lightly edited for clarity (except for headings and where marked otherwise). ��Peter Thiel’s view on progress and stagnation in his own words, sourced from a number of his interviews and articles. Compiled by Richard Ngo and Jeremy Nixon technology, innovation, startup, Peter Thiel, quotes Peter Thiel’s view on progress and stagnation in his own words, sourced from a number of his interviews and articles. Thiel on Progress and Stagnation Thiel on Progress and Stagnation ![]()
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