Productivity Has Fallen Off a Cliff, Right?

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In many domains where we can objectively assess progress, it's very clear that our productivity has fallen off a cliff. And so clearly there's something institutional, sociological going on with infer structure youknow, larry somers talks about the idea of the sort ofa soof promiscuous distribution of the veto power. Inasmuch as that is true, then thir's the question of, well, you know, have other institutions, have other sterd of progress generating mechanisms in our society? Have they also got less efficient? Ah, and if so, you know what? Can wed otit sas in aside. I think it just important to understand how effectively we as

Over the past year Mark Zuckerberg has held a series of interviews themed around technology and society. This conversation with Tyler and Patrick is the last in that series, and covers why they think the study of progress is so important, including how it could affect biomedical research, the founding of new universities and foundations, building things fast, housing and healthcare affordability, the next four years of the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, and more.

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