Why is there a “safe driv­ing” dis­count on car in­surance, but not a “healthy liv­ing” dis­count for health in­surance?

Heike Larson19 Jun 2023 17:31 UTC
2 points
0 comments8 min readPF link
(heikelarson.substack.com)

[Question] Has any­one writ­ten a short his­tory of the new sci­ence/​bet­ter sci­ence move­ment?

Max Görlitz18 Jun 2023 13:48 UTC
5 points
2 comments1 min readPF link

A Re­port on Scien­tific Branch-Creation: How the Rock­efel­ler Foun­da­tion helped boot­strap the field of molec­u­lar biology

Max Görlitz18 Jun 2023 13:33 UTC
8 points
0 comments1 min readPF link
(www.freaktakes.com)

The en­vi­ron­ment as infrastructure

jasoncrawford17 Jun 2023 18:42 UTC
4 points
0 comments1 min readPF link
(rootsofprogress.org)

Devel­op­ing a tech­nol­ogy with safety in mind: Les­sons from the Wright Brothers

jasoncrawford15 Jun 2023 21:08 UTC
7 points
0 comments3 min readPF link
(rootsofprogress.org)

Can we ac­cel­er­ate hu­man progress? Moder­ated Con­ver­sa­tion in NYC

jannikschg15 Jun 2023 18:57 UTC
5 points
0 comments1 min readPF link

[Question] Best sources for nu­clear power policy recom­men­da­tions?

Tom W15 Jun 2023 15:42 UTC
5 points
1 comment1 min readPF link

Four Horse­men of Tech­nolog­i­cal Change: Farm­ers, Ele­va­tor Oper­a­tors, Coal Min­ers, Bank Tellers

ejz14 Jun 2023 20:16 UTC
4 points
1 comment11 min readPF link

Ja­son’s links and tweets, 2023-06-14

jasoncrawford14 Jun 2023 16:30 UTC
4 points
0 comments3 min readPF link
(rootsofprogress.org)

[Question] Best data sources for track­ing oc­cu­pa­tional change in real time?

2120eth13 Jun 2023 14:34 UTC
7 points
0 comments1 min readPF link

AI Policy Pro­pos­als from Tony Blair and William Hague

tomwestgarth13 Jun 2023 14:20 UTC
5 points
0 comments3 min readPF link

A plea for solu­tion­ism on AI safety

jasoncrawford9 Jun 2023 16:29 UTC
7 points
8 comments6 min readPF link
(rootsofprogress.org)

if you’re read­ing this it’s too late (a new the­ory on what is caus­ing the Great Stag­na­tion)

rogersbacon8 Jun 2023 11:52 UTC
1 point
0 comments13 min readPF link

Ja­son’s links and tweets, 2023-06-07

jasoncrawford7 Jun 2023 23:26 UTC
4 points
0 comments1 min readPF link
(rootsofprogress.org)

New Liv­ing Liter­a­ture Review

mattclancy7 Jun 2023 14:16 UTC
6 points
0 comments1 min readPF link

What I’ve been read­ing, June 2023

jasoncrawford5 Jun 2023 17:08 UTC
4 points
0 comments7 min readPF link
(rootsofprogress.org)

Ja­son’s links and tweets, 2023-06-01

jasoncrawford1 Jun 2023 19:03 UTC
4 points
0 comments1 min readPF link
(rootsofprogress.org)

Pod­cast: In­finite Loops with Jim O’Shaughnessy

jasoncrawford26 May 2023 15:12 UTC
5 points
0 comments1 min readPF link
(rootsofprogress.org)

The Amer­i­can In­for­ma­tion Revolu­tion in Global Perspective

jasoncrawford26 May 2023 12:39 UTC
4 points
0 comments5 min readPF link
(rootsofprogress.org)

Ja­son’s links and tweets, 2023-05-23

jasoncrawford23 May 2023 20:15 UTC
4 points
0 comments2 min readPF link
(rootsofprogress.org)

The Next Ein­stein Could Be From Any­where: Why Devel­op­ing Coun­try Growth Mat­ters for Progress

Jeffrey Mason18 May 2023 15:16 UTC
8 points
6 comments8 min readPF link

What if they gave an In­dus­trial Revolu­tion and no­body came?

jasoncrawford17 May 2023 19:41 UTC
9 points
7 comments18 min readPF link
(rootsofprogress.org)

Ja­son’s links and tweets, 2023-05-16

jasoncrawford16 May 2023 20:53 UTC
4 points
0 comments1 min readPF link
(rootsofprogress.org)

Video: In­tro to progress stud­ies at Learn­ing Night Boston

jasoncrawford15 May 2023 20:09 UTC
4 points
0 comments1 min readPF link
(rootsofprogress.org)

Ja­son’s links and tweets, 2023-05-09

jasoncrawford9 May 2023 20:22 UTC
4 points
0 comments2 min readPF link
(rootsofprogress.org)

Quote quiz answer

jasoncrawford9 May 2023 13:27 UTC
4 points
0 comments4 min readPF link
(rootsofprogress.org)

In­tro­duc­ing the AI Ob­jec­tives In­sti­tute’s Re­search: Differ­en­tial Paths to­ward Safe and Benefi­cial AI

cmck8 May 2023 2:22 UTC
3 points
0 comments8 min readPF link

Progress Travel Guide

srhoades106 May 2023 1:50 UTC
2 points
1 comment1 min readPF link

What Ja­son has been read­ing, May 2023: “Pro­topia,” com­plex sys­tems, Daedalus vs. Icarus, and more

jasoncrawford5 May 2023 19:54 UTC
4 points
0 comments11 min readPF link
(rootsofprogress.org)

Who reg­u­lates the reg­u­la­tors? We need to go be­yond the re­view-and-ap­proval paradigm

jasoncrawford4 May 2023 22:11 UTC
7 points
3 comments13 min readPF link
(rootsofprogress.org)

Ja­son’s links and tweets, 2023-05-03

jasoncrawford3 May 2023 16:23 UTC
4 points
0 comments2 min readPF link
(rootsofprogress.org)

Quote quiz: “drift­ing into de­pen­dence”

jasoncrawford27 Apr 2023 15:13 UTC
4 points
4 comments1 min readPF link
(rootsofprogress.org)

How will AI change gov­ern­ment policy-mak­ing?

MathiasKB27 Apr 2023 14:12 UTC
1 point
0 comments1 min readPF link

Cut­ting straw­ber­ries: what Montes­sori can teach us about rev­er­ence for humanity

Heike Larson26 Apr 2023 17:46 UTC
3 points
0 comments5 min readPF link
(heikelarson.substack.com)

Ac­ci­den­tal Terraforming

Sable26 Apr 2023 6:49 UTC
2 points
0 comments5 min readPF link
(affablyevil.substack.com)

Ja­son’s links and tweets, 2023-04-24

jasoncrawford24 Apr 2023 21:17 UTC
5 points
0 comments2 min readPF link
(rootsofprogress.org)

Bos­ton event: Learn­ing Night at Aero­naut Brew­ing, May 1

jasoncrawford24 Apr 2023 17:33 UTC
4 points
0 comments1 min readPF link
(lu.ma)

Reflec­tions from see­ing the Star­ship launch firsthand

mattbell24 Apr 2023 16:57 UTC
6 points
0 comments3 min readPF link
(www.mattbell.us)

Machines: Global Village Con­struc­tion Set

jonathan.starr23 Apr 2023 13:49 UTC
5 points
3 comments1 min readPF link

When Amer­ica Re­ceived a Mes­sage from the Future

Antonomon21 Apr 2023 20:51 UTC
5 points
0 comments12 min readPF link
(novum.substack.com)

The Com­mis­sion for Stop­ping Fur­ther Im­prove­ments: A let­ter of note from Isam­bard K. Brunel

jasoncrawford21 Apr 2023 17:42 UTC
10 points
0 comments4 min readPF link
(rootsofprogress.org)

Em­bod­ied cog­ni­tion in dreamscapes

avantika20 Apr 2023 23:38 UTC
1 point
0 comments5 min readPF link

High school­ers can ap­ply to the At­las Fel­low­ship: $10k schol­ar­ship + 11-day program

vollmer20 Apr 2023 4:54 UTC
5 points
1 comment1 min readPF link
(www.lesswrong.com)

How can eco­nomic growth re­duce car­bon emis­sions?

paulohearn20 Apr 2023 0:23 UTC
1 point
2 comments1 min readPF link

World and Mind in Ar­tifi­cial In­tel­li­gence: ar­gu­ments against the AI pause

Arturo Macias18 Apr 2023 14:43 UTC
2 points
0 comments1 min readPF link

[Question] When will Au­toGPT like soft­ware be able to write En­vi­ro­men­tal Im­pact Assess­ments?

Christian Kleineidam16 Apr 2023 11:29 UTC
4 points
2 comments1 min readPF link

A Model of Strong-Link Science and Peer Review

Maxwell Tabarrok14 Apr 2023 16:31 UTC
2 points
0 comments4 min readPF link
(maximumprogress.substack.com)

Ja­son’s links and tweets, 2023-04-12

jasoncrawford12 Apr 2023 16:51 UTC
4 points
0 comments1 min readPF link
(rootsofprogress.org)

Ar­tifi­cial In­tel­li­gence as exit strat­egy from the age of acute ex­is­ten­tial risk

Arturo Macias12 Apr 2023 14:45 UTC
0 points
2 comments7 min readPF link

In­ter­view: “Make the fu­ture bright again”

jasoncrawford12 Apr 2023 14:03 UTC
4 points
0 comments1 min readPF link
(rootsofprogress.org)