# We Didn't Get Flying Cars but We Did Get IPhones by Human Progress > "We didn’t get flying cars, but we did get iPhones. Billions of them." > **— Human Progress**, *Peter Thiel’s Pessimism Is (Largely) Mistaken* ## Sources and Context - **Direct publication (2022-12-02):** [Peter Thiel’s Pessimism Is (Largely) Mistaken](https://humanprogress.org/peter-thiels-pessimism-is-largely-mistaken/) — exact wording verified in the publisher subtitle. The attribution remains with Human Progress because this wording is a publisher subtitle, while the page credits Gale L. Pooley and Marian L. Tupy. ## Related Articles and Collections - **Collection:** [[collections/AI-Science Doomers and Anti-Science Doomers|AI-Science Doomers and Anti-Science Doomers]] - **Collection:** [[collections/Simple Reminders|Simple Reminders]] - **Article:** [[articles/The End Is Near — AI Doom, Anti-Science Panic, and the Primates Who Sell Technological Exile|The End Is Near — AI Doom, Anti-Science Panic, and the Primates Who Sell Technological Exile]] - **Article:** [[articles/STFU About AI and Water and Just Eat Your Burger|STFU About AI and Water and Just Eat Your Burger]] - **Article:** [[articles/Digital Darwinism and the Invisible World of Machine Evolution|Digital Darwinism and the Invisible World of Machine Evolution]] ## Related Topics - [[wiki/HumanProgress.org|HumanProgress.org]] ## Share on Social Media ``` "We didn’t get flying cars, but we did get iPhones. Billions of them." — Human Progress, Peter Thiel’s Pessimism Is (Largely) Mistaken, 2022-12-02 https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-human-progress-iphones-not-flying-cars ```