Daniel_Burfoot comments on Prediction is hard, especially of medicine - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Daniel_Burfoot 24 December 2011 05:55:29AM 3 points [-]

The lesson here may be: once a society starts to take progress for granted, it grinds to a halt.

Comment author: Eugine_Nier 24 December 2011 06:24:30PM * 9 points [-]

Counterexample: the computer industry.

Comment author: alexflint 24 December 2011 11:31:34PM 4 points [-]

That's pretty much the only counterexample, though.