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Comment by setgree

It feels like we're in a golden age of hard tech:

* A major advance in spaceflight [0]

* a ton of private investment in nuclear power [1]

* AI models performing at PhD-level on some tasks [2]

I know it can feel low-status to admire these accomplishments -- it feels like we're aligning with/submitting to the people behind them -- but I perceive technological growth to be accelerating across a bunch of fields that matter to me.

[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41827362

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41858961

[2] https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-03169-9

parent setgree 2 years ago

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