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WHAT IS THE LAST QUESTION? [2]

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Marginal Revolution [3]
Tyler Cowen
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[ Wed. Jun. 19. 2019 ]

 . . . 4. John Brockman, editor, The Last Unknowns: Deep, Elegant, Profound UNANSWERED QUESTIONS About the Universe, the Mind, the Future of Civilization, and the Meaning of Life [5].  My nominated question was: “How far are we from wishing to return to the technologies of the year 1900?”  NB: you get only the questions, not the answers. . . .

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[5] https://www.amazon.com/Last-Unknowns-Unanswered-Questions-Civilization/dp/0062897942/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=last+unknowns&qid=1560724274&s=gateway&sr=8-1/marginalrevol-20