The Ter­ra­punk Man­i­festo—a So­larpunk alternative

Jack NasjaqMay 18, 2022, 8:59 PM
20 points
6 comments10 min readPF link
(nasjaq.substack.com)

A Cat­a­log of Big Vi­sions for Biology

Sam RodriquesFeb 1, 2023, 9:30 PM
19 points
10 comments4 min readPF link
(www.sam-rodriques.com)

Rad­i­cal En­ergy Abundance

Casey HandmerOct 10, 2023, 7:28 PM
19 points
15 comments12 min readPF link

Tyler Cowen AMA

Tyler CowenJan 15, 2023, 7:48 PM
19 points
77 comments1 min readPF link

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

Gary ShengDec 22, 2022, 4:14 PM
17 points
10 comments14 min readPF link

Bot­tling Lightning

Benjamin ReinhardtJul 20, 2022, 5:28 PM
17 points
0 comments11 min readPF link

The mys­tery of the mir­a­cle year

Dwarkesh PatelNov 16, 2022, 10:11 PM
17 points
5 comments6 min readPF link
(www.dwarkeshpatel.com)

Think wider about the root causes of progress

jasoncrawfordDec 21, 2022, 8:05 PM
16 points
8 comments4 min readPF link
(rootsofprogress.org)

Eli Dourado AMA

elidouradoJan 27, 2023, 5:51 PM
15 points
74 comments1 min readPF link

“Progress” al­ter­na­tive to GiveWell?

Kevin LackerNov 29, 2022, 7:03 PM
15 points
9 comments1 min readPF link

A Cure for My Cancer

Virginia PostrelFeb 3, 2023, 9:52 PM
14 points
1 comment5 min readPF link
(vpostrel.substack.com)

An­nounc­ing the in­com­ing CEO for The Roots of Progress

jasoncrawfordNov 30, 2022, 11:04 PM
14 points
4 comments1 min readPF link
(rootsofprogress.org)

Un­block­ing Abundance

Sarah ConstantinOct 12, 2022, 6:32 PM
14 points
4 comments6 min readPF link
(sarahconstantin.substack.com)

Is In­no­va­tion in Hu­man Na­ture?

Anton HowesMay 23, 2022, 1:11 AM
14 points
7 comments3 min readPF link
(www.antonhowes.com)

Science is get­ting harder

mattclancyJun 1, 2022, 3:15 AM
14 points
4 comments15 min readPF link
(www.newthingsunderthesun.com)

Revving up the Progress Stud­ies Idea Machine

PradyumnaJan 21, 2023, 1:39 AM
13 points
6 comments2 min readPF link

Why progress needs futurism

elidouradoApr 25, 2022, 11:25 PM
13 points
5 comments3 min readPF link

Peter Thiel’s Pes­simism Is (Largely) Mistaken

Marian L TupyDec 6, 2022, 10:57 PM
13 points
7 comments3 min readPF link

Bombs, Brains, and Science

ericgilliamMay 3, 2022, 2:07 AM
13 points
11 comments11 min readPF link
(freaktakes.substack.com)

AMA: Alli­son Duettmann, Fore­sight Institute

AllisonDuettmannMar 17, 2023, 8:49 PM
13 points
17 comments1 min readPF link

Wel­come to the Progress Fo­rum!

jasoncrawfordNov 16, 2022, 9:15 PM
13 points
4 comments1 min readPF link

AMA: Matt Clancy, Open Philanthropy

mattclancyFeb 10, 2023, 5:24 PM
12 points
35 comments1 min readPF link

Start­ing the Jour­ney as CEO of the Roots of Progress

Heike LarsonJan 31, 2023, 9:16 PM
12 points
5 comments4 min readPF link
(rootsofprogress.org)

Maybe a lit­tle bit of naïveté is good.

elidouradoDec 15, 2022, 3:00 PM
12 points
7 comments1 min readPF link

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

briancpotterDec 3, 2022, 4:47 AM
11 points
5 comments13 min readPF link
(constructionphysics.substack.com)

One Process

ganeumannMay 23, 2022, 1:14 AM
11 points
2 comments11 min readPF link
(reactionwheel.net)

The spiritual benefits of ma­te­rial progress

jasoncrawfordJan 19, 2023, 9:35 PM
11 points
5 comments7 min readPF link
(rootsofprogress.org)

Pa­trick McKen­zie AMA

patio11Dec 9, 2022, 11:08 PM
11 points
63 comments1 min readPF link

AMA: Ben Rein­hardt, Spec­u­la­tive Technologies

Benjamin ReinhardtFeb 18, 2023, 12:49 AM
11 points
26 comments1 min readPF link

Tell Good Stories

Rahul RanaFeb 15, 2023, 12:26 AM
11 points
4 comments15 min readPF link
(www.notboring.co)

AMA: Ja­son Crawford, The Roots of Progress

jasoncrawfordNov 21, 2022, 10:06 PM
10 points
40 comments1 min readPF link

An­nounc­ing The Techno-Hu­man­ist Man­i­festo: A new philos­o­phy of progress for the 21st century

jasoncrawfordJul 8, 2024, 4:33 PM
10 points
5 comments5 min readPF link
(blog.rootsofprogress.org)

Where are the robotic brick­lay­ers?

briancpotterMay 12, 2022, 12:22 PM
10 points
2 comments10 min readPF link
(constructionphysics.substack.com)

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

jasoncrawfordApr 21, 2023, 5:42 PM
10 points
0 comments4 min readPF link
(rootsofprogress.org)

Vi­talik on sci­ence, his philan­thropy, progress and effec­tive al­tru­ism.

vincentweisserJan 18, 2023, 11:19 PM
10 points
0 comments1 min readPF link

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

Daniel GolliherDec 16, 2022, 4:25 AM
10 points
2 comments18 min readPF link
(maximumnewyork.com)

In­tro­duc­tions thread (please in­tro­duce your­self)

jasoncrawfordDec 1, 2022, 9:29 PM
10 points
23 comments1 min readPF link

How Karl Comp­ton be­lieved a re­search de­part­ment should be run

ericgilliamNov 20, 2022, 8:10 PM
9 points
5 comments12 min readPF link
(freaktakes.substack.com)

The Rise of Steel—Part I

briancpotterFeb 6, 2023, 10:10 PM
9 points
0 comments16 min readPF link
(constructionphysics.substack.com)

Beyond the mo­ment of invention

jasoncrawfordDec 16, 2022, 8:18 PM
9 points
1 comment2 min readPF link
(rootsofprogress.org)

List of Book Recommendations

ryan_bNov 26, 2022, 11:51 PM
9 points
11 comments1 min readPF link

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

Jeffrey MasonMay 18, 2023, 3:16 PM
9 points
6 comments8 min readPF link

Why pes­simism sounds smart

jasoncrawfordApr 25, 2022, 8:10 PM
9 points
5 comments1 min readPF link
(rootsofprogress.org)

Works in Progress Is­sue 09 is out today

NickDec 8, 2022, 5:38 PM
9 points
0 comments1 min readPF link
(www.worksinprogress.co)

What if they gave an In­dus­trial Revolu­tion and no­body came?

jasoncrawfordMay 17, 2023, 7:41 PM
9 points
7 comments18 min readPF link
(rootsofprogress.org)

Wizards and prophets of AI [draft for com­ment]

jasoncrawfordMar 31, 2023, 8:22 PM
9 points
6 comments6 min readPF link

Why you, per­son­ally, should want a larger hu­man population

jasoncrawfordFeb 23, 2024, 7:48 PM
8 points
2 comments5 min readPF link
(rootsofprogress.org)

The Offense-Defense Balance Rarely Changes

Maxwell TabarrokDec 9, 2023, 3:22 PM
8 points
2 comments3 min readPF link
(maximumprogress.substack.com)

Where I have landed on “ideas get­ting harder to find”, in a nutshell

jasoncrawfordOct 18, 2023, 11:13 PM
8 points
6 comments1 min readPF link

FAA’s safety philos­o­phy and progress in per­sonal aviation

elidouradoOct 23, 2023, 3:34 PM
8 points
1 comment1 min readPF link