Mindless (The Human Condition in the Age of Artificial Intelligence)

British economic historian Robert Skidelsky posits that human brains were fully formed 10,000 years ago, but progress from bows and arrows to machine guns took millennia. He highlights thousands of years with no technological advancements in his history, emphasizing the slow pace of development over time. Skidelsky’s discussion on the lack of dynamism in technological progress sheds light on the lengthy periods of stagnation in human innovation.

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