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When do ideas get easier to find?

ericgilliamMay 20, 2022, 9:57 PM

4 points

3 comments20 min readPF link

(freaktakes.substack.com)

Interland: The Country In The Intersection

Maxwell TabarrokMay 20, 2022, 2:29 PM

5 points

1 comment5 min readPF link

(maximumprogress.substack.com)

Retrofuturism Is Futurism Done Well

etiennefdMay 19, 2022, 5:08 PM

6 points

0 comments7 min readPF link

(etiennefd.substack.com)

The Terrapunk Manifesto—a Solarpunk alternative

Jack NasjaqMay 18, 2022, 8:59 PM

20 points

6 comments10 min readPF link

(nasjaq.substack.com)

Defending Dynamism and Getting Stuff Done

Virginia PostrelMay 18, 2022, 5:54 PM

4 points

0 comments4 min readPF link

(vpostrel.substack.com)

From the Archives: Lessons From Cotton’s Slow-Motion Robot Takeover (with a bonus material from 1928!)

Virginia PostrelMay 18, 2022, 5:54 PM

5 points

0 comments7 min readPF link

(vpostrel.substack.com)

Excerpts from “The Terrapunk Manifesto”

jasoncrawfordMay 18, 2022, 5:51 PM

3 points

0 comments1 min readPF link

When should an idea that smells like research be a startup?

Benjamin ReinhardtMay 18, 2022, 12:26 AM

7 points

1 comment10 min readPF link

(parpa.substack.com)

Interview with me on Hear this Idea with Fin Moorhouse and Luca Righetti

jasoncrawfordMay 17, 2022, 9:05 PM

7 points

4 comments1 min readPF link

Podcast: Marc Andreessen on the future of innovation

AdamThiererMay 17, 2022, 5:36 PM

4 points

0 comments1 min readPF link

The Countercultural Optimism of Progress Studies

Paul MatzkoMay 17, 2022, 5:11 PM

5 points

0 comments1 min readPF link

Book Review: Owning the Earth, a history of land ownership

ejzMay 17, 2022, 2:15 PM

5 points

1 comment3 min readPF link

Built With Bio Conference Review

tsungxuMay 15, 2022, 11:56 PM

3 points

0 comments3 min readPF link

(www.tsungxu.com)

Nature of progress in Deep Learning

karpathyMay 15, 2022, 2:43 AM

8 points

4 comments2 min readPF link

Progress studies as an (incomplete) “idea machine”

jasoncrawfordMay 13, 2022, 2:14 PM

8 points

6 comments2 min readPF link

The Two Most Tragic Moments in History

etiennefdMay 12, 2022, 8:15 PM

5 points

9 comments8 min readPF link

(etiennefd.substack.com)

Draft for comment: Ideas getting harder to find does not imply stagnation

jasoncrawfordMay 12, 2022, 5:01 PM

6 points

18 comments22 min readPF link

Where are the robotic bricklayers?

briancpotterMay 12, 2022, 12:22 PM

10 points

2 comments10 min readPF link

(constructionphysics.substack.com)

Why doesn’t progress seem to propagate?

ejzMay 11, 2022, 10:53 PM

6 points

5 comments2 min readPF link

Wait, Environmentalists Are Anti-Technology?

Alex TrembathMay 11, 2022, 9:30 PM

6 points

2 comments4 min readPF link

How we get vision wrong.

James Rosen-BirchMay 11, 2022, 6:57 PM

4 points

1 comment1 min readPF link

Event: JMI Tech Summit Miami September 15-16

andreaMay 11, 2022, 6:39 AM

2 points

0 comments1 min readPF link

Intellectual Property Is Worse Than You Think

Maxwell TabarrokMay 10, 2022, 10:19 PM

7 points

4 comments4 min readPF link

Walt Disney documentary

daltnerMay 10, 2022, 2:53 PM

1 point

0 comments1 min readPF link

Book Review: Emperors of Chocolate

daltnerMay 9, 2022, 11:15 PM

2 points

0 comments3 min readPF link

Story of King Gillette

daltnerMay 9, 2022, 11:04 PM

1 point

0 comments2 min readPF link

Sears Book Recommendation

daltnerMay 9, 2022, 11:04 PM

1 point

0 comments2 min readPF link

[Question] Why did Intellectual Ventures’s thesis about patents fail?

jasoncrawfordMay 9, 2022, 5:41 PM

3 points

1 comment1 min readPF link

[Question] Why is there no equivalent of the VC industry, but for patentable inventions instead of startups?

jasoncrawfordMay 9, 2022, 5:31 PM

7 points

7 comments1 min readPF link

George Westinghouse Documentary

daltnerMay 9, 2022, 4:06 AM

1 point

0 comments2 min readPF link

Why I Admire Adolphus Busch

daltnerMay 9, 2022, 4:01 AM

1 point

0 comments3 min readPF link

Pre-publication draft of “Death is the Default: Why building is our safest way forward”

Gena GorlinMay 9, 2022, 4:01 AM

3 points

6 comments1 min readPF link

(docs.google.com)

Book Review: HJ Heinz Biography

daltnerMay 9, 2022, 12:14 AM

2 points

1 comment1 min readPF link

Book Review: The Kelloggs

daltnerMay 9, 2022, 12:14 AM

2 points

0 comments2 min readPF link

Book Review: Cool: How Air Conditioning Changed Everything

daltnerMay 9, 2022, 12:14 AM

2 points

2 comments2 min readPF link

[Question] Was agricultural progress a prerequisite for the development of the mechanized textile industry?

benlandautaylorMay 8, 2022, 5:47 PM

2 points

2 comments1 min readPF link

The Anatomists

LauraMazerMay 8, 2022, 4:44 PM

3 points

1 comment1 min readPF link

On Great Contexts vs. Great Groups

andrewMay 8, 2022, 4:43 PM

2 points

0 comments4 min readPF link

The lure of technocracy

jasoncrawfordMay 6, 2022, 8:07 PM

4 points

5 comments4 min readPF link

(rootsofprogress.org)

How can we be objective?

Stuart BuckMay 5, 2022, 4:06 AM

3 points

2 comments1 min readPF link

The Curse of Plenty

mattclancyMay 5, 2022, 4:06 AM

5 points

8 comments4 min readPF link

It’s time to build: A New World’s Fair

Cameron WieseMay 5, 2022, 12:03 AM

7 points

5 comments5 min readPF link

(www.cameronwiese.com)

Effective Altruism and Progress Studies

MarkLutterMay 4, 2022, 11:11 PM

5 points

7 comments2 min readPF link

New Industries Come From Crazy People

benlandautaylorMay 4, 2022, 7:05 PM

6 points

2 comments8 min readPF link

(palladiummag.com)

What are the best examples of catastrophic resource shortages?

jasoncrawfordMay 4, 2022, 2:37 PM

4 points

0 comments5 min readPF link

(rootsofprogress.org)

Event on “Governance of Emerging Technologies & Science”

AdamThiererMay 3, 2022, 2:40 PM

2 points

0 comments1 min readPF link

Bombs, Brains, and Science

ericgilliamMay 3, 2022, 2:07 AM

13 points

11 comments11 min readPF link

(freaktakes.substack.com)

New Governance Frameworks for Emerging Tech Sectors

AdamThiererMay 3, 2022, 12:33 AM

1 point

0 comments1 min readPF link

Guarantee Funds / Leveraged Philanthropy

Anton HowesApr 29, 2022, 5:56 PM

4 points

3 comments1 min readPF link

When and how have we made progress against misinformation?

jasoncrawfordApr 29, 2022, 3:26 AM

3 points

0 comments1 min readPF link