We May Not Have Flying Cars Yet, But Visioneers Are Inventing a New Future

We May Not Have Flying Cars Yet, But Visioneers Are Inventing a New Future - Forbes: "Google the phrase “Peter Thiel innovation is dead” and you’ll tune into a conversation launched when the venture capitalist claimed that technological innovation in America is stalled. Thiel isn’t the only one with a dour assessment. George Mason University economist Tyler Cowen makes similar points in his book The Great Stagnation. In their analysis, it’s not just the pace of innovation that is a problem but its very nature. Thiel’s pithy assessment – “We wanted flying cars; instead, we got 140 characters” – reflects a wide-ranging dissatisfaction of how yesterday’s techno-dreams seemed to have fallen short."