Decent chance that, not even taking into account GenAI, this will be viewed as a decade of incredible progress against the problems that wer…

Decent chance that, not even taking into account GenAI, this will be viewed as a decade of incredible progress against the problems that were, ironically, caused by modernity: metabolic syndrome, auto deaths, carbon emissions... One reason I started teaching my "progress" class is the vibes vs reality gap. Coming into the greatest decade in human history: basically solved metabolic syndrome, deaths from autos, huge progress in abundant green energy and cancer, going back to the moon, (and yeah, AI) 1/2

Source: Ethan Mollick (X) | 2026-05-27