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scabarott · 2020-04-20
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Reminds me of this:
https://www.amazon.com/End-History-Last-Man/dp/0743284550
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papaf · 2010-10-02
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A counter argument can be found in the book "The end of history and the last man". It puts forward the idea that technology improves at the greatest rate in a free market democracy because the professional classes are at their most effective.
Link to the book:
http://www.amazon.com/End-History-Last-Man/dp/0743284550/
I disagreed with parts of the book but it stimulated the way I think about such subjects.
