
Episode 403
Amara’s Law: The Invisible Force That Shapes Your Life
January 19, 20264m 23s
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Show Notes
In 1978, an American futurist named Roy Amara offered a reflection on the progression of technology:
“We tend to overestimate the effect of a technology in the short run and underestimate the effect in the long run.”The statement—which later became known as Amara’s Law—was, in many ways, a reaction to the unique period of change that the technological world was experiencing...
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