#technology #business # [[Epistemic status]] #shower-thought # Related # Technology >Don’t talk about “progress” in terms of longevity, safety, or comfort before comparing zoo animals to those in the wilderness. >~ [[Nassim Taleb|Taleb]] >Then he says stage three is when the name calling begins. And so stage three is basically just like a full out power status political fight where all of a sudden basically it's like, okay, these are these people who are bringing this technology, they're bad people, they have bad morals, they have bad intent, they're going to ruin everything. And if you think about it, it's so funny because it's like basically the internet followed this exact trajectory. Like, you know, crypto cryptocurrency blockchain web three is following this exact same trajectory social networking follows this exact same trajectory. Like, I've now seen this pattern, you know, out of 50 times in the last 30 years and it keeps playing out the same way. Nobody learns anything. Right. And it is this is literally what happens with every new technology and I become convinced that basically how this unfolds >~ [[Marc Andreessen]] # External links