magic9mushroom
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magic9mushroom
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5hr ago
Plausibly yes. The impact of innovation might be on a logistic curve as we vacuum up all the low-hanging fruit, but the patent numbers are sufficient to demonstrate that immigration rates don't have an effect on people having ideas.
They are not, for two reasons:
- Patents have become more internationalised over time;
- A fraction of patents are bogus (yes, I know this is granted patents, but a lot of them are still bogus) and it is plausible that this fraction has increased.
I will note that unlike most societies in history, a lot of this class can't "just get a GF" at present. We've broken matchmaking by moving it onto dating sites, which are a lemon market. We've encouraged women not to settle until their biological clock's nearly run out. "Beatings will continue until X" only actually works if the person you're beating is the one who chooses if X happens.
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