The Great Stagnation (claimed to have run from ~1973 to 2020) has ended, marked by breakthrough innovations in mRNA vaccine development (which could be designed in one day and deployed in under a year, beating the 4-year expert forecast) and continued progress in AI and biomedicine.
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Tyler CowanEvidence Quote
“I think the great stagnation ended in 2020... the vaccine we used was designed in a day and it worked and then it was ready in well under a year at the same time experts were telling the New York Times the optimistic scenario was it would take four years [16:00]”
Created: 8/11/2026, 8:00:09 AM
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