Tech improves far faster than it diffuses — organizational bottlenecks remain the key intuition
Afinetheorem · x · 2026-10-16
Quoting Conor Sen's observation that people shown Waymo, FSD, and current AI models back in 2011 would be wildly off about 2026 unemployment, inflation, and rates, Afinetheorem responds: technology improves much faster than it diffuses because of organizational bottlenecks — and that has been, and will remain, the easiest correct intuition for understanding historical and future technology impact.
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