What if the singularity lies beyond a plateau we cannot cross?
16 hours ago
- #technological progress
- #economic constraints
- #physical limits
- Humanity's historical ability to out-accelerate existential problems may be ending due to physical limits.
- Current bottlenecks are shifting from technical to regulatory and logistical challenges.
- Many technologies are now in the flat part of their S-curves, yielding only incremental improvements.
- Fundamental laws of physics impose hard limits on progress in various domains.
- Economic constraints are making new generations of technology more expensive with diminishing returns.
- The benefits of future discoveries may be more intellectual than practical.
- A plateau in progress is plausible, with some advancements likely and others improbable.
- Despite potential limits, the mission remains to accelerate progress as much as possible.