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Eli Dourado AMA
elidourado
27 Jan 2023 17:51 UTC
15
points
74
comments
1
min read
PF
link
Where are all the robots?
Rohit Krishnan
25 Jan 2023 20:33 UTC
4
points
0
comments
9
min read
PF
link
(www.strangeloopcanon.com)
Jason’s links and tweets, 2023-01-25
jasoncrawford
25 Jan 2023 16:00 UTC
7
points
0
comments
1
min read
PF
link
(rootsofprogress.org)
Why slow progress is more dangerous than fast progress
Mathias Sundin
25 Jan 2023 15:06 UTC
2
points
6
comments
1
min read
PF
link
(www.warpnews.org)
[Question]
What do people make of growth diagnostics?
vollmer
23 Jan 2023 18:32 UTC
4
points
4
comments
1
min read
PF
link
Progress in Qualia
niplav
23 Jan 2023 2:53 UTC
2
points
0
comments
5
min read
PF
link
‘Disruptive’ science has declined — and no one knows why
Max Görlitz
23 Jan 2023 2:53 UTC
2
points
1
comment
1
min read
PF
link
(www.nature.com)
Revving up the Progress Studies Idea Machine
Pradyumna
21 Jan 2023 1:39 UTC
13
points
6
comments
2
min read
PF
link
The spiritual benefits of material progress
jasoncrawford
19 Jan 2023 21:35 UTC
11
points
5
comments
7
min read
PF
link
(rootsofprogress.org)
“Heretical Thoughts on AI” by Eli Dourado
𝕮𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖗𝖆
19 Jan 2023 16:39 UTC
6
points
2
comments
5
min read
PF
link
(www.elidourado.com)
Vitalik on science, his philanthropy, progress and effective altruism.
vincentweisser
18 Jan 2023 23:19 UTC
10
points
0
comments
1
min read
PF
link
Jason’s links and tweets, 2023-01-17
jasoncrawford
17 Jan 2023 21:31 UTC
4
points
0
comments
2
min read
PF
link
(rootsofprogress.org)
Investment, Work, and Vision: Who is responsible for creating value?
Sable
16 Jan 2023 1:50 UTC
1
point
0
comments
8
min read
PF
link
(affablyevil.substack.com)
Tyler Cowen AMA
Tyler Cowen
15 Jan 2023 19:48 UTC
19
points
77
comments
1
min read
PF
link
Wokism, rethinking priorities and the Bostrom case
Arturo Macias
13 Jan 2023 14:28 UTC
−4
points
0
comments
4
min read
PF
link
Our Relationship With Knowledge
TannyTalk
13 Jan 2023 1:15 UTC
2
points
1
comment
5
min read
PF
link
Japanese Political Economy and Industrial Policy
charlesxjyang
12 Jan 2023 21:11 UTC
5
points
1
comment
10
min read
PF
link
Is Progress Real?
rogersbacon
11 Jan 2023 6:18 UTC
1
point
9
comments
14
min read
PF
link
(www.secretorum.life)
The Case for “Political Solutionism”: The optimistic yet pragmatic philosophy we need to level up America
Gary Sheng
7 Jan 2023 21:10 UTC
3
points
0
comments
8
min read
PF
link
Age of Invention: The Pull of Cities
Anton Howes
6 Jan 2023 22:32 UTC
7
points
2
comments
7
min read
PF
link
(antonhowes.substack.com)
Why didn’t we get the four-hour workday?
jasoncrawford
6 Jan 2023 21:29 UTC
6
points
0
comments
5
min read
PF
link
(rootsofprogress.org)
Building Fast and Slow Part IV: Construction of the World Trade Center
briancpotter
6 Jan 2023 20:43 UTC
5
points
0
comments
8
min read
PF
link
(constructionphysics.substack.com)
[Question]
Recommendations for things to read on well-run scientific labs?
krisgulati
6 Jan 2023 15:03 UTC
3
points
4
comments
1
min read
PF
link
How to slow down scientific progress, according to Leo Szilard
jasoncrawford
5 Jan 2023 18:26 UTC
6
points
1
comment
2
min read
PF
link
(rootsofprogress.org)
“In Praise of Fast Food” by Rachel Laudan
jasoncrawford
4 Jan 2023 18:38 UTC
7
points
0
comments
1
min read
PF
link
(www.utne.com)
Jason’s links and tweets, 2023-01-04
jasoncrawford
4 Jan 2023 18:23 UTC
4
points
0
comments
1
min read
PF
link
(rootsofprogress.org)
Who wants a gift subscription to Jim Pethokoukis’s Substack?
jasoncrawford
1 Jan 2023 22:19 UTC
5
points
6
comments
1
min read
PF
link
The Roots of Progress’s 2022 in review
jasoncrawford
1 Jan 2023 2:54 UTC
6
points
0
comments
15
min read
PF
link
(rootsofprogress.org)
Building Fast and Slow Part III: Design of the World Trade Center
briancpotter
30 Dec 2022 4:15 UTC
3
points
0
comments
13
min read
PF
link
(constructionphysics.substack.com)
Age of Invention: Sweet on Savery
Anton Howes
30 Dec 2022 3:56 UTC
2
points
0
comments
4
min read
PF
link
(antonhowes.substack.com)
Jason’s links and tweets, 2022-12-29
jasoncrawford
29 Dec 2022 22:17 UTC
4
points
0
comments
1
min read
PF
link
(rootsofprogress.org)
Small signs you live in a complacent society
Daniel Frank
24 Dec 2022 1:53 UTC
3
points
1
comment
1
min read
PF
link
(old.reddit.com)
The Foundational Tech Manifesto: What it will take to break through to America 2.0
Gary Sheng
22 Dec 2022 16:14 UTC
17
points
10
comments
14
min read
PF
link
Think wider about the root causes of progress
jasoncrawford
21 Dec 2022 20:05 UTC
16
points
8
comments
4
min read
PF
link
(rootsofprogress.org)
Jason’s links and tweets, 2022-12-20
jasoncrawford
21 Dec 2022 0:35 UTC
6
points
0
comments
3
min read
PF
link
(rootsofprogress.org)
Beyond the moment of invention
jasoncrawford
16 Dec 2022 20:18 UTC
9
points
1
comment
2
min read
PF
link
(rootsofprogress.org)
The Enemy’s Gate is Down: the State of NYC Housing Abundance
Daniel Golliher
16 Dec 2022 4:25 UTC
10
points
2
comments
18
min read
PF
link
(maximumnewyork.com)
Building Fast and Slow Part II—The World Trade Center
briancpotter
16 Dec 2022 0:58 UTC
5
points
0
comments
6
min read
PF
link
(constructionphysics.substack.com)
Maybe a little bit of naïveté is good.
elidourado
15 Dec 2022 15:00 UTC
12
points
7
comments
1
min read
PF
link
Beyond a better world
David Manheim
14 Dec 2022 10:07 UTC
3
points
0
comments
3
min read
PF
link
New Paths to Poetry
ethanedwards
14 Dec 2022 1:04 UTC
4
points
1
comment
10
min read
PF
link
(ethanedwards.substack.com)
Applications open for AGI Safety Fundamentals: Alignment Course
richard_ngo
13 Dec 2022 18:44 UTC
3
points
0
comments
2
min read
PF
link
Age of Invention: Counting Caloric
Anton Howes
12 Dec 2022 22:50 UTC
4
points
0
comments
5
min read
PF
link
(antonhowes.substack.com)
Patrick McKenzie AMA
patio11
9 Dec 2022 23:08 UTC
11
points
63
comments
1
min read
PF
link
Works in Progress Issue 09 is out today
Nick
8 Dec 2022 17:38 UTC
9
points
0
comments
1
min read
PF
link
(www.worksinprogress.co)
[Question]
Breakthroughs… what would you add to the list?
Mathias Sundin
8 Dec 2022 14:38 UTC
2
points
0
comments
1
min read
PF
link
Peter Thiel’s Pessimism Is (Largely) Mistaken
Marian L Tupy
6 Dec 2022 22:57 UTC
13
points
7
comments
3
min read
PF
link
Return to Earth: How two refugees established the technology industry in Taiwan and India
Niloy Gupta
6 Dec 2022 5:58 UTC
4
points
0
comments
16
min read
PF
link
(dreamsofprogress.substack.com)
Jeff Bezos’ Wealth
Arturo Macias
4 Dec 2022 21:46 UTC
1
point
0
comments
5
min read
PF
link
Building Fast and Slow: The Empire State Building and the World Trade Center (Part I)
briancpotter
3 Dec 2022 4:47 UTC
11
points
5
comments
13
min read
PF
link
(constructionphysics.substack.com)
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