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What I’ve been reading, July–August 2023

jasoncrawford7 Aug 2023 14:22 UTC

5 points

2 comments12 min readPF link

(rootsofprogress.org)

Jason’s links digest, 2023-08-02: Superconductor edition

jasoncrawford2 Aug 2023 20:27 UTC

5 points

0 comments3 min readPF link

(rootsofprogress.org)

The Roots of Progress Blog-Building Intensive: advice for applicants, request for support

jasoncrawford2 Aug 2023 15:37 UTC

5 points

0 comments1 min readPF link

(rootsofprogress.org)

6 Minute Capitalist Meditation

Matt Ritter2 Aug 2023 1:09 UTC

2 points

1 comment1 min readPF link

Jason’s links digest, 2023-07-28: The decadent opulence of modern capitalism

jasoncrawford28 Jul 2023 14:36 UTC

5 points

0 comments3 min readPF link

(rootsofprogress.org)

Why no Roman Industrial Revolution?

jasoncrawford26 Jul 2023 19:34 UTC

4 points

1 comment3 min readPF link

(rootsofprogress.org)

Podcasts: Future of Life Institute, Breakthrough Science Summit panel

jasoncrawford26 Jul 2023 14:28 UTC

5 points

0 comments1 min readPF link

(rootsofprogress.org)

Jason’s links and tweets, 2023-07-20: “A goddess enthroned on a car”

jasoncrawford20 Jul 2023 18:26 UTC

5 points

0 comments2 min readPF link

(rootsofprogress.org)

Highlights from The Industrial Revolution, by T. S. Ashton

jasoncrawford17 Jul 2023 19:02 UTC

4 points

0 comments9 min readPF link

(rootsofprogress.org)

Misconceptions About Radical Lifespan Extension

arjunkhemani16 Jul 2023 8:51 UTC

4 points

0 comments3 min readPF link

A Malthusian Explanation for Engels’ Pause? (Thoughts in Progress)

SamHughes14 Jul 2023 22:13 UTC

2 points

0 comments4 min readPF link

Announcing The Roots of Progress Blog-Building Intensive

jasoncrawford11 Jul 2023 14:04 UTC

8 points

0 comments1 min readPF link

(rootsofprogress.org)

Jason’s links and tweets, 2023-07-06: Terraformer Mark One, Israeli water management, & more

jasoncrawford6 Jul 2023 15:35 UTC

4 points

0 comments2 min readPF link

(rootsofprogress.org)

If you wish to make an apple pie, you must first become dictator of the universe

jasoncrawford5 Jul 2023 18:14 UTC

5 points

0 comments12 min readPF link

(rootsofprogress.org)

Building Back Nuclear in America—Looking to the Nuclear Navy

charlesxjyang4 Jul 2023 16:33 UTC

2 points

0 comments3 min readPF link

Introducing the Progress Studies Fellowship

Dominic Sobhani4 Jul 2023 3:09 UTC

6 points

1 comment1 min readPF link

Do not fear AI. Advance capability. Be optimistic.

AliceRoselia1 Jul 2023 13:43 UTC

1 point

0 comments3 min readPF link

A Reflection on the Hunterian Museum: Not a menagerie of gore, but a fête of progress

alexandra balwit30 Jun 2023 13:56 UTC

2 points

0 comments5 min readPF link

Jason’s links and tweets, 2023-06-28: “We can do big things again in Pennsylvania”

jasoncrawford28 Jun 2023 20:23 UTC

4 points

0 comments1 min readPF link

(rootsofprogress.org)

Levels of safety for AI and other technologies

jasoncrawford28 Jun 2023 18:35 UTC

4 points

0 comments2 min readPF link

(rootsofprogress.org)

The Weight of the Future (Why The Apocalypse Can Be A Relief)

Sable27 Jun 2023 17:22 UTC

1 point

0 comments3 min readPF link

(affablyevil.substack.com)

We Rarely Lose Technology

etiennefd25 Jun 2023 19:24 UTC

3 points

2 comments14 min readPF link

(etiennefd.substack.com)

If you wish to make an apple pie, you must first become dictator of the universe [draft for comment]

jasoncrawford23 Jun 2023 2:04 UTC

4 points

3 comments11 min readPF link

(rootsofprogress.org)

The Bottleneck Theory of Everything

Travers Nisbet22 Jun 2023 14:57 UTC

4 points

0 comments7 min readPF link

Jason’s links and tweets, 2023-06-21: Stewart Brand wants your comments

jasoncrawford21 Jun 2023 20:52 UTC

4 points

0 comments1 min readPF link

(rootsofprogress.org)

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)