That’s a broad question, but as it relates to progressy things, I think imagination about what the future could hold is certainly a factor in the kind of social ambitions that we aspire to.
It’s a common belief among some economic historians, for example, that we have already picked the low-hanging fruit. There are no new inventions in their mind that could match the inventions of the 19th and 20th centuries in terms of providing explosive growth. Maybe they’re right, but I can certainly imagine new inventions that could change everything.
As I argued previously on Progress Forum, futurism is important for producing a concrete vision that can inform our goals.
What is the relationship between public policy and the imagination?
That’s a broad question, but as it relates to progressy things, I think imagination about what the future could hold is certainly a factor in the kind of social ambitions that we aspire to.
It’s a common belief among some economic historians, for example, that we have already picked the low-hanging fruit. There are no new inventions in their mind that could match the inventions of the 19th and 20th centuries in terms of providing explosive growth. Maybe they’re right, but I can certainly imagine new inventions that could change everything.
As I argued previously on Progress Forum, futurism is important for producing a concrete vision that can inform our goals.