Progress Studies
how do we make progress?
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Progress Studies
My current favorite theory about what's gone wrong since the 1970s is that we stopped innovating to maximize performance and started optimizing for energy (and resource) efficiency.
Imagine all the cool shit we're gonna build once we have abundant sources of clean energy...
A decade ago, I was only a couple of years into my venture career. I believed that growth and progress were synonymous – in an industry where scale was the ultimate target, platforms that achieved it were glorified. A decade later, I have learned that success is more nuanced, and we have to take accountability for the outcomes we encourage. New... See more
Mario Gabriele • Modern Meditations: Rebecca Kaden (Union Square Ventures)
interesting thoughts from a venture capitalist
Future Narratives
viz.envisioning.io
"Almost without exception, everything society has considered a social advance has been prefigured first in some utopian writing." -David L. Cooperrider
