The Beginning of Infinity – Explanations that Transform the World
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The Beginning of Infinity – Explanations that Transform the World
Whoever believes in progress believes that geographical discoveries, technological inventions and organisational developments can increase the sum total of human production, trade and wealth.
Yuval Noah Harari • Sapiens
Suppose for the sake of argument that you thought of the axis-tilt theory yourself. It is your conjecture, your own original creation. Yet because it is a good explanation – hard to vary – it is not yours to modify. It has an autonomous meaning and an autonomous domain of applicability. You cannot confine its predictions to a region of your choosin
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The Exponential Age: How Accelerating Technology is Transforming Business, Politics and Society
although progress has no necessary end, it does have a necessary beginning: a cause, or an event with which it starts, or a necessary condition for it to take off and to thrive.