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Podcast: Software Engineering Daily
Episode: Complacency with Tyler Cowen (Repeat)
Description: Originally published April 7, 2017Engineers in Silicon Valley see a world of constant progress. Our work is creative and intellectually challenging. We are building the future and getting compensated quite well for it.But what if we are actually achieving far less than what is possible? What if, after so many years of high margins, gourmet lunch, and self-flattery, we have lowered our standards for innovation? And if Silicon Valley has been lulled into complacency, what does that say about the rest of the United States?American exceptionalism has faltered and complacency has risen...