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So you want to advance human progress. And you’re wondering, what should you, personally, do? Say you have talent, ambition, and drive—how do you choose a project or career?

So you want to advance human progress. And you’re wondering, what should you, personally, do? Say you have talent, ambition, and drive—how do you choose a project or career?

https://blog.rootsofprogress.org/how-to-choose-what-to-work-on

I've referenced ARK's innovation platforms in talks before, all of which follow a Wright Law/Moore's Law cost decline curve. A more pessimistic way to look at it is that you want to stay on the right side of change...don't start a career at Kodak in a post-iPhone world.
Slide from Big Ideas 2024:

Founder, The Roots of Progress (rootsofprogress.org). I write about the history of technology and the philosophy of progress. Former tech founder.