We'll have AGI, skinny drugs and self-driving cars—and still 1.5% growth
isnit0 · x · 2026-09-12
A viral X post satirizes the gap between tech hype and measured growth: we're about to have AGI, weight-loss drugs, reusable rockets and self-driving cars, yet get maybe 1.5% growth "because nobody is allowed to build housing"—punching at regulatory constraints, not technology, as the real bottleneck.
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