This chapter emphasizes the importance of capitalists taking risks and investing in deep tech aligned with serving humanity, highlighting the negative impact of pessimism and excessive regulation. It expresses optimism that technology will help solve seemingly impossible problems by 2050 and concludes by mentioning the upcoming discussion on personal productivity.
How innovative are our times really? Not very, according to Thomas Ramge and Rafael Laguna de la Vera. And they've got a point. Technology may have solved some fake problems ("one-click buying!"), but it hasn't done nearly enough to tackle big issues like climate change, cancer, dementia, or hunger. Today, Tomas and Rafael share their vision for a future in which we harness the forces of science and technology to solve real problems.