It could be useful to look at historical paradigm shifts to get an understanding of how this might take place.
Epistemic status: I’m a ML PhD student, just an amateur in economic history, but I have read a lot. So a bit under medium confident maybe?
Much of what I’ve read from the history of science, technology, or economic history doesn’t seem directly relevant [1].
The closest to what we are looking for is Mokyr’s distinction between macro and micro inventions. Initially, macroinventions were radical, novel breakthroughs, while microinventions were from incremental progress, though over time the meanings shifted towards economic impact. As I think that is more confusing to have both, I’ll stick with... (read 1348 more words →)
It could be useful to look at historical paradigm shifts to get an understanding of how this might take place.
Epistemic status: I’m a ML PhD student, just an amateur in economic history, but I have read a lot. So a bit under medium confident maybe?
Much of what I’ve read from the history of science, technology, or economic history doesn’t seem directly relevant [1].
The closest to what we are looking for is Mokyr’s distinction between macro and micro inventions. Initially, macroinventions were radical, novel breakthroughs, while microinventions were from incremental progress, though over time the meanings shifted towards economic impact. As I think that is more confusing to have both, I’ll stick with... (read 1348 more words →)