Salim Ismail: 20 'Gutenberg moments' hitting at once, and nothing is set up to handle it
victor_explore · x · 2026-10-18
Salim Ismail argues the printing press took about 100 years to absorb — and that absorption period was the most violent century in human history. Now roughly 20 "Gutenberg moments" (AI, blockchain, life extension and more) are arriving simultaneously, with no systems in place to handle the combined shock.
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