[HN Gopher] The Case Against Naive Technocapitalist Optimism
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       The Case Against Naive Technocapitalist Optimism
        
       Author : rapnie
       Score  : 43 points
       Date   : 2021-08-31 17:03 UTC (16 hours ago)
        
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       | dannyobrien wrote:
       | I wish we could get some critiques that weren't from a subgroups
       | that so closely resembles the neargroup they're criticizing:
       | https://consilienceproject.org/team/
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       | These essays often feel less like a novel analysis, and more just
       | like different US elite factions arguing over whose turn it is to
       | gain the Mandate of Heaven.
        
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         | beaconstudios wrote:
         | The consilience project is more rooted in systems theory than
         | technocapitalism. Daniel's interests overlap strongly with the
         | rationalist types (existential/civilisational risk, primarily)
         | but his approach is not the economics-centric form that they
         | take.
        
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       | dtagames wrote:
       | Fascinating and well-written. Informative and, in places,
       | scathing.
       | 
       | Thanks for the post!
        
       | lawrenceyan wrote:
       | > Notably, corporations themselves are also experiencing a
       | reduction in internal science funding. The proportion of
       | corporate funding allocated toward the research side of
       | industrial R&D dropped from 28% in 1985 to 20% in 2015. The same
       | review of scientific publications found that the rate of papers
       | being published by corporations dropped significantly between
       | 1980 and 2010, indicating that it is most cost-effective for
       | companies to rely on existing data as opposed to producing new
       | data.
       | 
       | This is disingenuous, primarily because it applies data that is
       | effectively outdated and no longer applicable. I'd say the exact
       | opposite is true in fact. It's the companies investing the most
       | in R&D that are also the most successful, both in terms of
       | financial and overall societal contribution.
        
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