Technology in the Short Run and the Long Run
January 30, 2018 | Terry Sharrer
Every week this newsletter has a piece that was hardly imaginable a decade ago. Then, there’s always a question about when a new technology will really make a difference, leading to what’s called “Amara’s Law,” i. e. “we tend to overestimate the effect of a technology in the short run and underestimate the effect in the long run.” This piece offers a philosophical perspective about how and when technological change happens—something to think about as artificial intelligence is the big, coming thing. MORE
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