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"Age of Miracles"
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We Need a New Science of Progress
In 19 97, the historian david banks argued in the problem of excess genius that the most important question we can ask of historians is why are some periods and places so astonishingly more productive than the rest. The discoveries that came to elevate standards of living for everyone arose in comparatively tiny, geographic pockets of vinovative effort. Understanding those productive periods and places might give us insight into organizing ourselves in such a way as to maximize our chances of solving the hard problems facing humanity.
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