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Don’t be scared by the AI fearmongering.
AliceRoselia
23 Dec 2023 20:34 UTC
0
points
1
comment
4
min read
PF
link
Progress towards what?
Brandon Griggs
18 Dec 2023 17:04 UTC
1
point
0
comments
1
min read
PF
link
(techforlife.substack.com)
Rejecting Our Faustian Bargain
madelinezimmerman
18 Dec 2023 14:16 UTC
2
points
0
comments
1
min read
PF
link
(kinetic.reviews)
Jason’s links digest, 2023-12-15: Vitalik on d/acc, $100M+ in prizes, and more
jasoncrawford
15 Dec 2023 15:52 UTC
4
points
0
comments
12
min read
PF
link
(rootsofprogress.org)
Contra Scott on Abolishing the FDA
Maxwell Tabarrok
15 Dec 2023 14:02 UTC
2
points
0
comments
6
min read
PF
link
(maximumprogress.substack.com)
Infrastructure is the Concealed Wiring of Civilization
Jeremy
12 Dec 2023 20:33 UTC
2
points
0
comments
5
min read
PF
link
It’s time to rethink “retirement”
Elle Griffin
11 Dec 2023 20:23 UTC
2
points
4
comments
3
min read
PF
link
(www.elysian.press)
The Offense-Defense Balance Rarely Changes
Maxwell Tabarrok
9 Dec 2023 15:22 UTC
8
points
2
comments
3
min read
PF
link
(maximumprogress.substack.com)
Accelerating science through evolvable institutions
jasoncrawford
4 Dec 2023 23:21 UTC
4
points
9
comments
6
min read
PF
link
(rootsofprogress.org)
One weird trick to attract startups to your city
Connor O'Brien
1 Dec 2023 18:23 UTC
4
points
0
comments
3
min read
PF
link
Why Did NEPA Peak in 2016?
Maxwell Tabarrok
1 Dec 2023 16:17 UTC
2
points
0
comments
3
min read
PF
link
(maximumprogress.substack.com)
The origins of the steam engine: An essay with interactive animated diagrams
jasoncrawford
29 Nov 2023 18:30 UTC
5
points
0
comments
1
min read
PF
link
(rootsofprogress.org)
“Capitalism”: talking past each other
Yarrow B.
27 Nov 2023 21:37 UTC
2
points
0
comments
2
min read
PF
link
Digital nomads are opening borders
Elle Griffin
27 Nov 2023 19:43 UTC
1
point
0
comments
7
min read
PF
link
(www.elysian.press)
Fertility as Metascience
Maxwell Tabarrok
25 Nov 2023 15:38 UTC
3
points
0
comments
3
min read
PF
link
(maximumprogress.substack.com)
Jason’s links digest, 2023-11-24: Bottlenecks of aging, Starship launches, and much more
jasoncrawford
24 Nov 2023 15:25 UTC
4
points
0
comments
14
min read
PF
link
(rootsofprogress.org)
The Odyssean Process
Christopher Chan
24 Nov 2023 15:09 UTC
3
points
0
comments
1
min read
PF
link
(www.odysseaninstitute.org)
Neither EA nor e/acc is what we need to build the future
jasoncrawford
22 Nov 2023 15:56 UTC
6
points
15
comments
3
min read
PF
link
(rootsofprogress.org)
Drought is a Policy Choice
Laura London
19 Nov 2023 15:54 UTC
4
points
0
comments
8
min read
PF
link
Why is the government letting private firms outspend them on the world’s most important externality?
Maxwell Tabarrok
17 Nov 2023 13:08 UTC
2
points
0
comments
3
min read
PF
link
(maximumprogress.substack.com)
Forget About Overpopulation, Soon There Will Be Too Few Humans
Maarten Boudry
17 Nov 2023 3:48 UTC
3
points
2
comments
6
min read
PF
link
Podcast interview with Giuliano Giacaglia
jasoncrawford
14 Nov 2023 20:50 UTC
4
points
0
comments
1
min read
PF
link
(rootsofprogress.org)
Bottlenecks of Aging—new report by the Amaranth Foundation
Alex Telford
14 Nov 2023 19:30 UTC
5
points
0
comments
1
min read
PF
link
(amaranth.foundation)
Banning self-driving cars will not atone for urban planning’s sins
Connor O'Brien
12 Nov 2023 19:34 UTC
3
points
1
comment
4
min read
PF
link
Jason’s links digest, 2023-11-07: Techno-optimism and more
jasoncrawford
8 Nov 2023 2:05 UTC
4
points
0
comments
11
min read
PF
link
(rootsofprogress.org)
What I’ve been reading, November 2023
jasoncrawford
7 Nov 2023 13:37 UTC
5
points
0
comments
5
min read
PF
link
(rootsofprogress.org)
Taylor Swift doesn’t want her photo taken
Elle Griffin
3 Nov 2023 15:06 UTC
1
point
0
comments
9
min read
PF
link
(www.elysian.press)
Why Governments Can’t be Trusted to Protect the Long-run Future
Maxwell Tabarrok
3 Nov 2023 14:05 UTC
3
points
3
comments
5
min read
PF
link
(maximumprogress.substack.com)
Baby busting myths about shortages
Tina Marsh Dalton
1 Nov 2023 20:58 UTC
2
points
2
comments
1
min read
PF
link
What if we split the US into city-states?
Elle Griffin
1 Nov 2023 20:14 UTC
2
points
0
comments
1
min read
PF
link
(www.elysian.press)
Commensal Institutions
Sable
1 Nov 2023 16:02 UTC
1
point
3
comments
3
min read
PF
link
(affablyevil.substack.com)
A paradox at the heart of American bureaucracy
Connor O'Brien
1 Nov 2023 13:52 UTC
2
points
0
comments
4
min read
PF
link
(regions.substack.com)
The Art of Medical Progress
Tina Marsh Dalton
30 Oct 2023 17:59 UTC
6
points
2
comments
4
min read
PF
link
Address to a Unitarian Universalist congregation on my Heritage
Matt Ritter
29 Oct 2023 0:07 UTC
2
points
0
comments
2
min read
PF
link
Did Medieval Peasants Have More Vacation Time Than Us?
Maxwell Tabarrok
26 Oct 2023 23:53 UTC
4
points
2
comments
9
min read
PF
link
Schadenfreude versus optimism in drug development
Alex Telford
26 Oct 2023 10:10 UTC
2
points
0
comments
3
min read
PF
link
(atelfo.substack.com)
Industrial policy needs immigration reform
Connor O'Brien
26 Oct 2023 1:39 UTC
2
points
0
comments
5
min read
PF
link
(regions.substack.com)
Should US states self-govern?
Elle Griffin
25 Oct 2023 13:30 UTC
3
points
4
comments
4
min read
PF
link
(www.elysian.press)
Idea Feedback Request: Pneumatic Canopies For Large-Scale Climate Regulation
puniaviision
24 Oct 2023 20:04 UTC
1
point
0
comments
3
min read
PF
link
FAA’s safety philosophy and progress in personal aviation
elidourado
23 Oct 2023 15:34 UTC
8
points
1
comment
1
min read
PF
link
How does a society hedge its bets?
Connor O'Brien
20 Oct 2023 2:58 UTC
3
points
2
comments
6
min read
PF
link
(regions.substack.com)
Should the UK embrace its role as an exporter of talent and ideas?
Alex Telford
19 Oct 2023 12:30 UTC
2
points
0
comments
4
min read
PF
link
(atelfo.substack.com)
Where I have landed on “ideas getting harder to find”, in a nutshell
jasoncrawford
18 Oct 2023 23:13 UTC
8
points
6
comments
1
min read
PF
link
Podcast interview: Luminary.fm with Erik Cederwall and Sachin Gandhi
jasoncrawford
17 Oct 2023 16:31 UTC
4
points
0
comments
1
min read
PF
link
(rootsofprogress.org)
Big dreams and big questions in Utah
Tina Marsh Dalton
17 Oct 2023 14:45 UTC
4
points
0
comments
4
min read
PF
link
(tinamarshdalton.substack.com)
Health Insurance Pricing: Battling the snake-heads of Hydra
Tina Marsh Dalton
17 Oct 2023 14:45 UTC
3
points
3
comments
4
min read
PF
link
(tinamarshdalton.substack.com)
A peek at Utah’s universal healthcare attempt
Elle Griffin
17 Oct 2023 13:26 UTC
2
points
0
comments
1
min read
PF
link
(www.elysian.press)
Today’s backwater, tomorrow’s superstar
Connor O'Brien
16 Oct 2023 23:16 UTC
4
points
0
comments
3
min read
PF
link
(regions.substack.com)
Marc Andreessen pens “Techno-Optimist Manifesto.” Discuss
jasoncrawford
16 Oct 2023 14:16 UTC
6
points
17
comments
1
min read
PF
link
(a16z.com)
[Question]
Solved and Unsolved Externality problems?
SebastianG
15 Oct 2023 3:10 UTC
5
points
3
comments
1
min read
PF
link
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