“Human innovation has already peaked—we'll never match the 20th century”
Agree
- Low-hanging fruit is gone
- Complexity makes progress harder
- Education quality is declining
- Risk-aversion kills innovation
- Regulation slows everything down
Disagree
- AI will accelerate discovery exponentially
- Biotech is just beginning
- Space exploration is restarting
- Digital revolution continues
- Every era underestimates future breakthroughs
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