What if ideas aren’t getting harder to find, after all?

An FT column challenges the popular claim that ideas are getting harder to find. It argues that breakthroughs in AI and biotech have accelerated over the past decade, and that measuring 'research productivity' by paper or patent counts misses qualitative leaps. The post doesn't spell out what alternative metric the author proposes.

Why it matters: FT column directly rebuts the 'ideas are getting harder to find' thesis, using AI and biotech acceleration as counter-evidence — provocative and conversation-worthy. Score capped at featured threshold because the piece offers no alternative metric and reads more as commentary ...