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NancyLebovitz comments on Open thread, Dec. 1 - Dec. 7, 2014 - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: Evan_Gaensbauer 03 December 2014 04:33:10AM 0 points [-]

Are there any lesser cultural or technological trends that, if they panned out, you expect might have just as great an impact as the greater trends you've just mentioned above? I'm interested in your thoughts in this regard.

Comment author: NancyLebovitz 03 December 2014 12:46:00PM 3 points [-]

Getting more information out of less data, with the notable current example being discovering exoplanets from tiny variations in starlight and the history of humanity and other lifeforms from DNA.

I'm expecting this trend to continue, but I have no idea what else it will apply to.