EAs Support Growth on the Intensive Margin With 1960s Tech, Not New Tech
nitarshan · x · 2026-09-26
Guive Assadi pushes back on the framing that EAs are techno-optimists: he argues they generally back growth on the intensive margin — efficiency gains from existing tech — citing AI, internet services, smartphones, and parts of biotech as narrow exceptions, while remaining skeptical of genuinely new technologies. A nuanced take on the EA community's tech stance.
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