alt Hacker NewsIt seems the rate of advancement has increased over time though. Like from ancient times to 1800s the rate of progress was slow, then basically a relative explosion of progress compressed in 200 years.
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bobson381 • yesterday at 2:26 PM
Because of access to a giant store of energy. Our advancement has also created a future need to consume more and more energy to fuel increased complexity.
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Here's an example let's compare two investment strategies:
You don't get to say "wow, Bob is a much better investor than Alice. He's so smart, look how fast his money grows!" You get to say "Bob is investing more money than Alice."Now pretend Bob is investing into a slower growing account than Alice. His account will still grow faster as long as his account is not losing >99.9% per day. He could have a worse strategy and still grow faster because he's throwing more money at it