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The Terrapunk Manifesto—a Solarpunk alternative
Jack Nasjaq
18 May 2022 20:59 UTC
20
points
6
comments
10
min read
PF
link
(nasjaq.substack.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
Bottling Lightning
Benjamin Reinhardt
20 Jul 2022 17:28 UTC
17
points
0
comments
11
min read
PF
link
The mystery of the miracle year
Dwarkesh Patel
16 Nov 2022 22:11 UTC
17
points
5
comments
6
min read
PF
link
(www.dwarkeshpatel.com)
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)
“Progress” alternative to GiveWell?
Kevin Lacker
29 Nov 2022 19:03 UTC
15
points
9
comments
1
min read
PF
link
Science is getting harder
mattclancy
1 Jun 2022 3:15 UTC
14
points
4
comments
15
min read
PF
link
(www.newthingsunderthesun.com)
Announcing the incoming CEO for The Roots of Progress
jasoncrawford
30 Nov 2022 23:04 UTC
14
points
4
comments
1
min read
PF
link
(rootsofprogress.org)
Is Innovation in Human Nature?
Anton Howes
23 May 2022 1:11 UTC
14
points
7
comments
3
min read
PF
link
(www.antonhowes.com)
Unblocking Abundance
Sarah Constantin
12 Oct 2022 18:32 UTC
14
points
4
comments
6
min read
PF
link
(sarahconstantin.substack.com)
Why progress needs futurism
elidourado
25 Apr 2022 23:25 UTC
13
points
5
comments
3
min read
PF
link
Welcome to the Progress Forum!
jasoncrawford
16 Nov 2022 21:15 UTC
13
points
4
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
Bombs, Brains, and Science
ericgilliam
3 May 2022 2:07 UTC
13
points
11
comments
11
min read
PF
link
(freaktakes.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
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)
One Process
ganeumann
23 May 2022 1:14 UTC
11
points
2
comments
11
min read
PF
link
(reactionwheel.net)
Patrick McKenzie AMA
patio11
9 Dec 2022 23:08 UTC
11
points
63
comments
1
min read
PF
link
AMA: Jason Crawford, The Roots of Progress
jasoncrawford
21 Nov 2022 22:06 UTC
10
points
40
comments
1
min read
PF
link
Where are the robotic bricklayers?
briancpotter
12 May 2022 12:22 UTC
10
points
2
comments
10
min read
PF
link
(constructionphysics.substack.com)
Introductions thread (please introduce yourself)
jasoncrawford
1 Dec 2022 21:29 UTC
10
points
23
comments
1
min read
PF
link
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)
How Karl Compton believed a research department should be run
ericgilliam
20 Nov 2022 20:10 UTC
9
points
5
comments
12
min read
PF
link
(freaktakes.substack.com)
Beyond the moment of invention
jasoncrawford
16 Dec 2022 20:18 UTC
9
points
1
comment
2
min read
PF
link
(rootsofprogress.org)
List of Book Recommendations
ryan_b
26 Nov 2022 23:51 UTC
9
points
11
comments
1
min read
PF
link
Why pessimism sounds smart
jasoncrawford
25 Apr 2022 20:10 UTC
9
points
5
comments
1
min read
PF
link
(rootsofprogress.org)
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)
The Book of T: An Exegesis of The Greatest Paper in Economic History
daviskedrosky
3 Jun 2022 19:44 UTC
8
points
1
comment
8
min read
PF
link
(daviskedrosky.substack.com)
Progress studies as an (incomplete) “idea machine”
jasoncrawford
13 May 2022 14:14 UTC
8
points
6
comments
2
min read
PF
link
Nature of progress in Deep Learning
karpathy
15 May 2022 2:43 UTC
8
points
4
comments
2
min read
PF
link
Launching: Scaling Knowledge—A new substack about epistemology, AI, startups, and progress
Moritz Wallawitsch
28 Nov 2022 20:51 UTC
8
points
0
comments
1
min read
PF
link
Reinventing the wheel
jasoncrawford
4 Jun 2022 22:39 UTC
8
points
0
comments
2
min read
PF
link
(rootsofprogress.org)
About us and FAQ
Ross Graham
27 Mar 2022 4:27 UTC
8
points
7
comments
2
min read
PF
link
Why Wasn’t the Steam Engine Invented Earlier? Part I
Anton Howes
14 Jun 2022 17:44 UTC
7
points
4
comments
11
min read
PF
link
(antonhowes.substack.com)
How this forum can build up a canon of progress thinking over the long term
jasoncrawford
21 May 2022 19:40 UTC
7
points
0
comments
1
min read
PF
link
Can growth continue?
jasoncrawford
27 May 2022 16:14 UTC
7
points
2
comments
3
min read
PF
link
(rootsofprogress.org)
[Question]
Why is there no equivalent of the VC industry, but for patentable inventions instead of startups?
jasoncrawford
9 May 2022 17:31 UTC
7
points
7
comments
1
min read
PF
link
Where is “Progress Studies” Going?
AdamThierer
23 Apr 2022 19:43 UTC
7
points
9
comments
5
min read
PF
link
Talent sorting in Germany is flawed
Simon Grimm
23 Nov 2022 0:09 UTC
7
points
7
comments
6
min read
PF
link
Comparing process improvement in manufacturing and construction: Duco vs Drywall
briancpotter
19 Nov 2022 1:29 UTC
7
points
0
comments
7
min read
PF
link
(constructionphysics.substack.com)
Intellectual Property Is Worse Than You Think
Maxwell Tabarrok
10 May 2022 22:19 UTC
7
points
4
comments
4
min read
PF
link
State capacity eats interest rates for lunch
elidourado
16 Jun 2022 0:53 UTC
7
points
3
comments
1
min read
PF
link
(www.thecgo.org)
It’s time to build: A New World’s Fair
Cameron Wiese
5 May 2022 0:03 UTC
7
points
5
comments
5
min read
PF
link
(www.cameronwiese.com)
Progress and Disabilities
Taylor Barkley
7 Jul 2022 22:41 UTC
7
points
2
comments
7
min read
PF
link
Interview with me on Hear this Idea with Fin Moorhouse and Luca Righetti
jasoncrawford
17 May 2022 21:05 UTC
7
points
4
comments
1
min read
PF
link
When should an idea that smells like research be a startup?
Benjamin Reinhardt
18 May 2022 0:26 UTC
7
points
1
comment
10
min read
PF
link
(parpa.substack.com)
How curing aging could help progress
jasoncrawford
22 May 2022 22:43 UTC
7
points
7
comments
1
min read
PF
link
(rootsofprogress.org)
Humanity Lacks Imagination to Solve Aging
tomaspueyo
13 Jun 2022 20:26 UTC
6
points
2
comments
1
min read
PF
link
We won the war on infectious diseases, but now we need to learn from it
ericgilliam
13 Jun 2022 20:43 UTC
6
points
8
comments
11
min read
PF
link
(freaktakes.substack.com)
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)
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