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Noah Smith on digital technology adoption, energy, and economic progress

Sep 4, 2023
Noah Smith, economics and current events commentator, discusses digital technology adoption, economic activity, solar and nuclear energy, and his framework for thinking about technology.
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  • Technology makes our world weirder and different, rather than progressing in a specific direction.
  • The combination of solar energy and batteries has the potential to transform multiple industries.

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Technology Weirds the World

The fundamental thing that technology does is not progress in a certain direction, but rather make our world weirder and different.

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