general purpose technology
4 episodes mention this concept
NewEconomicThinkingJan 31, 2022The Antidote to the Wall: Building Bridges for Economic Adaptation and Opportunity
EconomicsMass flourishingWalls and bridges (metaphor)MercantilismGains from openness- NewEconomicThinkingFeb 10, 2021
The Digital Revolution and the State: Venture Capital, Industrial Policy, and Global Transformations
EconomicsIndustrial policyMission-driven R&DNeoclassical economicsNational income accounting - NewEconomicThinkingDec 12, 2017
The Productivity Puzzle: Mis-measurement, Diffusion, and the Future of Work in the Digital Age
EconomicsProductivity puzzleMis-measurement issues (GDP)Hedonic correctionProduction boundary 
lexfridmanNick Bostrom on Superintelligence, AI Alignment, and Post-Human Futures
TechnologyIntelligenceSuperintelligenceGeneral IntelligenceArtificial General Intelligence (AGI)
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- productivity puzzle
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- wintel duopoly
- positional goods
- posthumanism
- political trilemma
- open innovation
- national income accounting
- cloud computing
- gig economy
- ai alignment
- open source software
- supply chain robustness
- zero-sum activities