> Why do there seem to be more examples of rapidly-completed major projects in the past than the present?
Observer bias. Mean construction time is decreasing at an exponential rate. In the limit: nano-tech, with construction times approaching physical limits.
> Why is US GDP growth so weirdly constant?
Introduce a replicator into a nearly-pristine environment and that's the growth curve.
> How do you ensure an adequate replacement rate in systems that have no natural way to die?
Apoptosis
> Is Bloom's "Two Sigma" phenomenon real? If so, what do we do about it?
Yes. Nothing. There is no working mass education system and no basis for thinking there ever could be.
> What's the right way to understand and model personality?
Neuro-linguistic Programming.
(The "Five Factor" model is no better than Astrology. NLP is based on hard science. It's one of the very few schools of psychology that has repeatable algorithms.)
> Will end-user applications ever be truly programmable? If so, how? Why are programming environments still so primitive?
People ignore Prolog and Dr. Margaret Hamilton's work. (She's the person who coined the term "software engineering".) The combination of Prolog and Hamilton's HOS provides an end-user-programmable error-free programming environment.
> Why do there seem to be more examples of rapidly-completed major projects in the past than the present?
Observer bias. Mean construction time is decreasing at an exponential rate. In the limit: nano-tech, with construction times approaching physical limits.
> Why is US GDP growth so weirdly constant?
Introduce a replicator into a nearly-pristine environment and that's the growth curve.
> How do you ensure an adequate replacement rate in systems that have no natural way to die?
Apoptosis
> Is Bloom's "Two Sigma" phenomenon real? If so, what do we do about it?
Yes. Nothing. There is no working mass education system and no basis for thinking there ever could be.
> What's the right way to understand and model personality?
Neuro-linguistic Programming.
(The "Five Factor" model is no better than Astrology. NLP is based on hard science. It's one of the very few schools of psychology that has repeatable algorithms.)
> Will end-user applications ever be truly programmable? If so, how? Why are programming environments still so primitive?
People ignore Prolog and Dr. Margaret Hamilton's work. (She's the person who coined the term "software engineering".) The combination of Prolog and Hamilton's HOS provides an end-user-programmable error-free programming environment.