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Big Think, Nirit Weiss-Blatt, 4 Oct 2022<\/strong>: Bombastic eulogies: Let\u2019s put an end to cynical \u201cThe End of\u201d headlines<\/a>.<\/p>\n Subtitled: “We can never hope for a future with no problems. The solutions to problems create new problems, which in turn require new solutions, as WIRED founder Kevin Kelly explained recently.”<\/p>\n My impression of this site, Big Think<\/i>, is that it presents decent articles about science and technology that summarize issues that most people may not have thought about, but which are really nothing new. While the subtitle is certainly true enough (as I said in #10<\/a>, there will always be change, always something that some people will complain about — the ultimate dynamic of human history), the underappreciated point here is that the media, journalism, by its very nature wants to emphasize things that change or might change or that are novel, and are not necessarily being alarmist or dishonest. You learn to glaze over pieces like this, or take them with a grain of salt.<\/p>\n We can never hope for a future with no problems. The solutions to problems create new problems, which in turn require new solutions, as WIRED<\/em> founder Kevin Kelly explained<\/a> recently. This has been true since the dawn of humankind, and it\u2019s true of technology today. The solution is not less technology but rather more and better <\/em>technology.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n \\<\/p>\n And the video is here<\/a>: Kevin Kelly on “How we build the future” about “why progress often looks like dystopia to the untrained eye.”<\/p>\n Imagine that tomorrow, the world magically got 1% better. Nobody would notice. But if the world got 1% better every year, the \u201ccompounding\u201d effect would be very noticeable \u2014 in the same way that compounding grows a bank account.<\/p>\n When technology solves a problem, it creates new problems. The solution is not less technology but better technology.<\/p>\n Kevin Kelly of WIRED magazine calls this incremental progress toward a better world \u201cprotopia.\u201d Protopia is a direction, not a destiny.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Big Think, Nirit Weiss-Blatt, 4 Oct 2022: Bombastic eulogies: Let\u2019s put an end to cynical \u201cThe End of\u201d headlines. Subtitled: “We can never hope for a future with no problems. The solutions to problems create new problems, which in turn … Continue reading