19: Discussing Where's My Flying Car w/ Rohit Krishnan

<p>Rohit Krishnan is a venture capitalist who writes about "the strange loops underlying our systems of innovation" at https://www.strangeloopcanon.com.&nbsp;</p> <p><br></p> <p>We discussed J. Storrs. Hall's book Where Is My Flying Car?</p> <p><br></p> <p>Relevant essays from Rohit:</p> <p>Review of Where Is My Flying Car: https://www.strangeloopcanon.com/p/wheres-my-flying-car</p> <p>The Small Successes Of Nanotech: https://www.strangeloopcanon.com/p/a-progress-check-the-small-successes</p> <p>Isolated Narratives of Progress: https://www.strangeloopcanon.com/p/isolated-narratives-of-progress</p> <p>Meditations On Regulations: https://www.strangeloopcanon.com/p/meditations-on-regulations-quis-custodiet</p> <p><br></p> <p>Rohit's Twitter: https://twitter.com/krishnanrohit</p> <p><br></p> <p>Buy Where Is My Flying Car?: https://www.amazon.com/Where-Flying-Car-Storrs-Hall/dp/1953953182</p> <p><br></p> <p>Timestamps:</p> <p>00:00 Why don't we have flying cars?</p> <p>08:09 Should we expect exponential growth?</p> <p>18:13 Machiavelli Effect and centralization of science funding</p> <p>27:55 We need more science fiction</p> <p>32:40 The return of citizen science?</p> <p>37:40 Have we grown too comfortable for progress?</p> <p>42:15 Is India the future of innovation?</p> <p>47:15 Is there an upper-income trap?</p> <p>50:30 Forecasts for technologies</p>