I think this should be read in conjunction with Peter Thiel’s essay about stagnating innovation, where he talks about how society views technological progress. What I think Thiel misses is just how much the sense of progress was driven by a misestimation of the engineering—not to mention social—challenges to the future envisioned at mid century. The Artemis Project seems like an example of this sort of thinking.
I’ve been accused, rather angrily, of being unimaginative, but I feel like overactive imagination killed people’s love of progress and so I have a duty to offer plausible near futures and pour some cold water on overactive imaginings.
I think this should be read in conjunction with Peter Thiel’s essay about stagnating innovation, where he talks about how society views technological progress. What I think Thiel misses is just how much the sense of progress was driven by a misestimation of the engineering—not to mention social—challenges to the future envisioned at mid century. The Artemis Project seems like an example of this sort of thinking.
I’ve been accused, rather angrily, of being unimaginative, but I feel like overactive imagination killed people’s love of progress and so I have a duty to offer plausible near futures and pour some cold water on overactive imaginings.