From Praying for Miracles to Engineering Them: Why the 2020s Are Unbelievably Lucky
Dr_Singularity · x · 2026-10-19
The author reflects that humanity spent thousands of years wishing for miracles, and is now quickly learning how to engineer them — calling it unbelievable luck to live in the 2020s. An optimistic take on the current era of AI and technological acceleration, with no concrete facts.
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