Another fascinating video from Techonomy, this one on whether technology can be the engine of growth for society. It sees Tyler Cowen go head to head with Erik Brynjolfsson. Tyler is the author of the very successful Marginal Revolution is one of my favourite libertarian thinkers.
I came across Erik from his book Wired for Innovation: How Information Technology is Reshaping the Economy. A fascinating debate. Enjoy.
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Interesting video but I can't help thinking that until we get off this treadmill of chasing growth it'll never end. It's only done because society is based on debt, so we need to grow to meet the interest repayments.
Interesting debate. It does kinda sum up the current situation. With globalisation and modern technology the potential for those that really succeed to gain tremendous wealth is enormous. That doesn't really benefit the rest of society though.