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Boom: Bubbles and the End of Stagnation
Book • 2024
In 'Boom: Bubbles and the End of Stagnation,' Byrne Hobart and Tobias Huber analyze the role of financial bubbles in driving transformative technological and economic progress.
They argue that despite their negative connotations, bubbles have been instrumental in achieving significant breakthroughs, such as the Manhattan Project, the Apollo program, and the growth of semiconductor manufacturing.
The authors integrate insights from economics, philosophy, and history to identify the root causes of the current era of stagnation and provide a blueprint for accelerating innovation by organizing high-agency individuals around transcendent missions and leveraging the dynamics of financial bubbles.
They argue that despite their negative connotations, bubbles have been instrumental in achieving significant breakthroughs, such as the Manhattan Project, the Apollo program, and the growth of semiconductor manufacturing.
The authors integrate insights from economics, philosophy, and history to identify the root causes of the current era of stagnation and provide a blueprint for accelerating innovation by organizing high-agency individuals around transcendent missions and leveraging the dynamics of financial bubbles.
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Ryan Sean Adams as a book exploring why human progress has stagnated and why speculative bubbles might be the only way out.
Ryan Sean Adams as a book exploring why human progress has stagnated and why speculative bubbles might be the only way out.
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Why Bubbles are Good | Byrne Hobart
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Patrick McKenzie as laying out a theory on infrastructure overinvestment and bubble dynamics.
Patrick McKenzie as laying out a theory on infrastructure overinvestment and bubble dynamics.
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E126: Data Center Economics and AI Energy Requirements w/ Patrick McKenzie and Azeem Azhar
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David McWilliams while discussing the relationship between economic exuberance and innovation.
David McWilliams while discussing the relationship between economic exuberance and innovation.
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Mentioned by Andrew Keen as the subject of the podcast episode, discussing booms, busts, and bubbles in the economy.
Episode 2276: Byrne Hobart on Booms, Bubbles and the End of Stagnation
Mentioned by Jacob Goldstein as the co-author of the book that explores technological leaps and bubbles.
How Bubbles Power Breakthroughs
