Pessimists Archive
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History of resistance to new technologies and ideas. Curated by @louisanslow Newsletter:
参加 October 2015
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A Nobel winning economist warned that fear of automation causing mass unemployment could itself cause mass unemployment by tanking consumer sentiment. He notes this may be a significant long ignored contributing factor in Great Depression.
History of pessimism largely unwritten!
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"We Have to Stop Freaking Out About A.I." warns Nobel laureate Robert Shiller. Depressions, formerly called panics, are caused by self-fulfilling fears (the only thing we have to fear is fear itself), i.e., common knowledge about those very fears.
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