You might also like to listen to the podcast episode and have a look at the comments in the original post which cover quite a few objections to Will’s argument.
For what it’s worth I don’t think Will ever suggests the hinge was in the past (I might be wrong though). His idea that hinginess generally increases over time probably implies that he doesn’t think the hinge was in the past. He does mention that thinking about the past is useful though to get a sense of the overall distribution of hinginess over time which then allows us to compare the present to the future.
You might also like to listen to the podcast episode and have a look at the comments in the original post which cover quite a few objections to Will’s argument.
For what it’s worth I don’t think Will ever suggests the hinge was in the past (I might be wrong though). His idea that hinginess generally increases over time probably implies that he doesn’t think the hinge was in the past. He does mention that thinking about the past is useful though to get a sense of the overall distribution of hinginess over time which then allows us to compare the present to the future.