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Wokism, rethinking priorities and the Bostrom case

Arturo Macias13 Jan 2023 14:28 UTC

−4 points

0 comments4 min readPF link

Our Relationship With Knowledge

TannyTalk13 Jan 2023 1:15 UTC

2 points

1 comment5 min readPF link

Japanese Political Economy and Industrial Policy

charlesxjyang12 Jan 2023 21:11 UTC

5 points

1 comment10 min readPF link

Is Progress Real?

rogersbacon11 Jan 2023 6:18 UTC

1 point

9 comments14 min readPF link

(www.secretorum.life)

The Case for “Political Solutionism”: The optimistic yet pragmatic philosophy we need to level up America

Gary Sheng7 Jan 2023 21:10 UTC

3 points

0 comments8 min readPF link

Age of Invention: The Pull of Cities

Anton Howes6 Jan 2023 22:32 UTC

7 points

2 comments7 min readPF link

(antonhowes.substack.com)

Why didn’t we get the four-hour workday?

jasoncrawford6 Jan 2023 21:29 UTC

6 points

0 comments5 min readPF link

(rootsofprogress.org)

Building Fast and Slow Part IV: Construction of the World Trade Center

briancpotter6 Jan 2023 20:43 UTC

5 points

0 comments8 min readPF link

(constructionphysics.substack.com)

[Question] Recommendations for things to read on well-run scientific labs?

krisgulati6 Jan 2023 15:03 UTC

3 points

4 comments1 min readPF link

How to slow down scientific progress, according to Leo Szilard

jasoncrawford5 Jan 2023 18:26 UTC

6 points

1 comment2 min readPF link

(rootsofprogress.org)

“In Praise of Fast Food” by Rachel Laudan

jasoncrawford4 Jan 2023 18:38 UTC

7 points

0 comments1 min readPF link

(www.utne.com)

Jason’s links and tweets, 2023-01-04

jasoncrawford4 Jan 2023 18:23 UTC

4 points

0 comments1 min readPF link

(rootsofprogress.org)

Who wants a gift subscription to Jim Pethokoukis’s Substack?

jasoncrawford1 Jan 2023 22:19 UTC

5 points

6 comments1 min readPF link

The Roots of Progress’s 2022 in review

jasoncrawford1 Jan 2023 2:54 UTC

6 points

0 comments15 min readPF link

(rootsofprogress.org)

Building Fast and Slow Part III: Design of the World Trade Center

briancpotter30 Dec 2022 4:15 UTC

3 points

0 comments13 min readPF link

(constructionphysics.substack.com)

Age of Invention: Sweet on Savery

Anton Howes30 Dec 2022 3:56 UTC

2 points

0 comments4 min readPF link

(antonhowes.substack.com)

Jason’s links and tweets, 2022-12-29

jasoncrawford29 Dec 2022 22:17 UTC

4 points

0 comments1 min readPF link

(rootsofprogress.org)

Small signs you live in a complacent society

Daniel Frank24 Dec 2022 1:53 UTC

3 points

1 comment1 min readPF link

(old.reddit.com)

The Foundational Tech Manifesto: What it will take to break through to America 2.0

Gary Sheng22 Dec 2022 16:14 UTC

17 points

10 comments14 min readPF link

Think wider about the root causes of progress

jasoncrawford21 Dec 2022 20:05 UTC

16 points

8 comments4 min readPF link

(rootsofprogress.org)

Jason’s links and tweets, 2022-12-20

jasoncrawford21 Dec 2022 0:35 UTC

6 points

0 comments3 min readPF link

(rootsofprogress.org)

Beyond the moment of invention

jasoncrawford16 Dec 2022 20:18 UTC

9 points

1 comment2 min readPF link

(rootsofprogress.org)

The Enemy’s Gate is Down: the State of NYC Housing Abundance

Daniel Golliher16 Dec 2022 4:25 UTC

10 points

2 comments18 min readPF link

(maximumnewyork.com)

Building Fast and Slow Part II—The World Trade Center

briancpotter16 Dec 2022 0:58 UTC

5 points

0 comments6 min readPF link

(constructionphysics.substack.com)

Maybe a little bit of naïveté is good.

elidourado15 Dec 2022 15:00 UTC

12 points

7 comments1 min readPF link

Beyond a better world

David Manheim14 Dec 2022 10:07 UTC

3 points

0 comments3 min readPF link

New Paths to Poetry

ethanedwards14 Dec 2022 1:04 UTC

4 points

1 comment10 min readPF link

(ethanedwards.substack.com)

Applications open for AGI Safety Fundamentals: Alignment Course

richard_ngo13 Dec 2022 18:44 UTC

3 points

0 comments2 min readPF link

Age of Invention: Counting Caloric

Anton Howes12 Dec 2022 22:50 UTC

4 points

0 comments5 min readPF link

(antonhowes.substack.com)

Patrick McKenzie AMA

patio119 Dec 2022 23:08 UTC

11 points

63 comments1 min readPF link

Works in Progress Issue 09 is out today

Nick8 Dec 2022 17:38 UTC

9 points

0 comments1 min readPF link

(www.worksinprogress.co)

[Question] Breakthroughs… what would you add to the list?

Mathias Sundin8 Dec 2022 14:38 UTC

2 points

0 comments1 min readPF link

Peter Thiel’s Pessimism Is (Largely) Mistaken

Marian L Tupy6 Dec 2022 22:57 UTC

13 points

7 comments3 min readPF link

Return to Earth: How two refugees established the technology industry in Taiwan and India

Niloy Gupta6 Dec 2022 5:58 UTC

4 points

0 comments16 min readPF link

(dreamsofprogress.substack.com)

Jeff Bezos’ Wealth

Arturo Macias4 Dec 2022 21:46 UTC

1 point

0 comments5 min readPF link

Building Fast and Slow: The Empire State Building and the World Trade Center (Part I)

briancpotter3 Dec 2022 4:47 UTC

11 points

5 comments13 min readPF link

(constructionphysics.substack.com)

[Question] How is progress correlated with energy intensity?

Mathias Sundin2 Dec 2022 15:07 UTC

4 points

5 comments1 min readPF link

Introductions thread (please introduce yourself)

jasoncrawford1 Dec 2022 21:29 UTC

10 points

23 comments1 min readPF link

Announcing the incoming CEO for The Roots of Progress

jasoncrawford30 Nov 2022 23:04 UTC

14 points

4 comments1 min readPF link

(rootsofprogress.org)

Impossibility of Flight

Lawrence Newport30 Nov 2022 22:23 UTC

5 points

2 comments1 min readPF link

Jason’s links and tweets, 2022-11-29

jasoncrawford29 Nov 2022 20:53 UTC

4 points

0 comments1 min readPF link

(rootsofprogress.org)

Organized Academic Reference List for Managing Innovation

mattclancy29 Nov 2022 19:40 UTC

5 points

0 comments1 min readPF link

“Progress” alternative to GiveWell?

Kevin Lacker29 Nov 2022 19:03 UTC

15 points

9 comments1 min readPF link

Launching: Scaling Knowledge—A new substack about epistemology, AI, startups, and progress

Moritz Wallawitsch28 Nov 2022 20:51 UTC

8 points

0 comments1 min readPF link

List of Book Recommendations

ryan_b26 Nov 2022 23:51 UTC

9 points

11 comments1 min readPF link

[Question] Do you have a model of how to approach the problem of progress?

ryan_b26 Nov 2022 21:34 UTC

3 points

2 comments1 min readPF link

On Preindustrial Child Abandonment: Thoughts in Progress

SamHughes26 Nov 2022 0:14 UTC

4 points

0 comments3 min readPF link

Can humanity survive social media?

Christophe Rosseel23 Nov 2022 10:45 UTC

1 point

0 comments4 min readPF link

(www.complexitymatters.com)

Why this isn’t the “most important century”

arjunkhemani23 Nov 2022 5:41 UTC

3 points

1 comment5 min readPF link

(arjunkhemani.com)

Talent sorting in Germany is flawed

Simon Grimm23 Nov 2022 0:09 UTC

7 points

7 comments6 min readPF link