We Are (Still) Living in the Long Boringkept by eddie • apr 27The era of truly transformative technology ended around 1970, and modern digital advances like AI have not breached the barrier between software and physical reality.AboutKatherine Dee · Ray Kurzweil · Robert J. GordonFiled#ai#economic-growth#history#productivity#technologyRelatedAn interview with an Apple emoji designerA book author interviews Ollie Wagner, one of Apple's first emoji designers, about the process, SoftBank influence, and Steve Jobs' approval.also on #history, #technologyIdeas — Noah ZenderSteven Johnson argues that truly understanding history requires a 'long zoom' approach, examining multiple scales from atomic to global simultaneously.also on #history, #technology
We Are (Still) Living in the Long Boring