Reader, Jon, who sent this along, comments, “…a great example of someone that just does not get NNT’s message… not malicious simply misguided”. Agreed!
Nassim Taleb, in his new book Antifragile, is so derisive of technology that he refers to tech enthusiasm as a condition – “Neomania” – and argues that much of the progress we get excited about isn’t really progress at all.
He gleefully points out that we continue to wear shoes, eat with silverware, drink wine, beer and coffee and do many other things that have been around for thousands of years and notes that while these old technologies has been tested by time, new technology is prone to failure.
via Sorry Nassim Taleb, Technology Actually Does Matter – Forbes.
This Nassim Taleb seems like the kind of guy that doesn’t get what forward thinking has done for the world with respect to technology, and he certainly doesn’t seem to hold much hope out for technology to save our bacon.
These 3 things are going to rock the world, and make it a much friendlier place. Not necessarily in this order; Graphene in several of its configurations, and last but not least Cold Fusion or LENR. These are world changers Nassim.
Paul
Some how or other Focus Fusion, got left off the list in previous post. Charles Chase at the Lockheed Skunk Works is building a 40 Megawatt electric generator on a 40 foot trailer.