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Is Science Slowing Down?
The extraordinary success of a few internet companies has masked the embarrassing lack of major breakthroughs in other domains. There has been little improvement in the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias, which affect nearly a third of all Americans over the age of eighty-five. There is still no cure for cancer. Life expectancy is... See more
Luke Burgis • Just a moment...
“Patents per researcher” has been falling for most of the twentieth century.
Tyler Cowen • The Great Stagnation: How America Ate All The Low-Hanging Fruit of Modern History, Got Sick, and Will (Eventually) Feel Better: A Penguin eSpecial from Dutton
I think that the perception of stagnation in science – and in biology specifically – is basically fake news, driven by technological hedonic treadmill and nostalgia. We rapidly adapt to technological advances – however big they are – and we always idealize the past – however terrible it was.
Alexey Guzey • How Life Sciences Actually Work: Findings of a Year-Long Investigation - Alexey Guzey
What appears to be a small slowdown becomes a very noticeable gap over time, and typical American families have been living with a growth slowdown for almost forty years. If you’re wondering, this observation about median income is not a secret, but we haven’t yet given it the correct interpretation. The American left has pointed out and indeed str
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