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[Question] Which are the biggest prob­lems worth solv­ing in hu­man­ity right now?

Chris Fedrizzi21 Oct 2022 0:03 UTC
1 point
0 comments1 min readPF link

The Ascetic En­trepreneur: The triumph of Ger­man and In­dian chem­i­cal en­g­ineer­ing in the early 20th century

Niloy Gupta20 Oct 2022 4:13 UTC
1 point
0 comments14 min readPF link
(dreamsofprogress.substack.com)

Un­block­ing Abundance

Sarah Constantin12 Oct 2022 18:32 UTC
14 points
4 comments6 min readPF link
(sarahconstantin.substack.com)

Ja­son’s links and tweets, 2022-10-12

jasoncrawford12 Oct 2022 16:59 UTC
3 points
0 comments1 min readPF link
(rootsofprogress.org)

From tech­noc­racy to the counterculture

jasoncrawford11 Oct 2022 19:37 UTC
3 points
0 comments25 min readPF link
(rootsofprogress.org)

Amer­i­can in­ven­tion from the “heroic age” to the sys­tem-build­ing era

jasoncrawford6 Oct 2022 17:19 UTC
5 points
0 comments10 min readPF link
(rootsofprogress.org)

Ja­son’s links and tweets, 2022-10-05

jasoncrawford5 Oct 2022 19:24 UTC
3 points
0 comments1 min readPF link
(rootsofprogress.org)

Fore­sight Vi­sion Week­end 2022

jasoncrawford5 Oct 2022 19:11 UTC
3 points
0 comments1 min readPF link
(rootsofprogress.org)

[Question] How pro­duc­tive are our ed­u­ca­tion sys­tems? And how has our ed­u­ca­tion sys­tem scaled over the last hun­dred years?

Moritz Wallawitsch1 Oct 2022 12:09 UTC
3 points
1 comment1 min readPF link

Video: Fore­sight In­sti­tute meetup

jasoncrawford29 Sep 2022 16:37 UTC
3 points
0 comments1 min readPF link
(rootsofprogress.org)

Ja­son’s links and tweets, 2022-09-28

jasoncrawford28 Sep 2022 20:26 UTC
3 points
0 comments1 min readPF link
(rootsofprogress.org)

What hap­pened to the idea of progress?

jasoncrawford20 Sep 2022 19:56 UTC
4 points
0 comments1 min readPF link
(bigthink.com)

Ja­son’s links and tweets, 2022-09-20

jasoncrawford20 Sep 2022 14:07 UTC
3 points
0 comments1 min readPF link
(rootsofprogress.org)

[Question] How can we clas­sify nega­tive effects of new tech­nolo­gies?

Max Olson19 Sep 2022 22:12 UTC
2 points
5 comments1 min readPF link

Towards a philos­o­phy of safety

jasoncrawford16 Sep 2022 21:10 UTC
4 points
0 comments8 min readPF link
(rootsofprogress.org)

Ja­son’s links and tweets, 2022-09-14

jasoncrawford14 Sep 2022 23:21 UTC
3 points
0 comments1 min readPF link
(rootsofprogress.org)

Ja­son’s links and tweets, 2022-09-08

jasoncrawford8 Sep 2022 20:42 UTC
4 points
2 comments1 min readPF link
(rootsofprogress.org)

Pray­ing Palm and Pavlo­vian Plants: How ex­per­i­ments con­ducted 100 years apart are challeng­ing the way we look at in­tel­li­gence in plants

Niloy Gupta5 Sep 2022 3:37 UTC
1 point
0 comments8 min readPF link
(dreamsofprogress.substack.com)

Event: How progress can go main­stream? with the Tony Blair Institute

jasoncrawford1 Sep 2022 23:44 UTC
3 points
0 comments1 min readPF link
(rootsofprogress.org)

Why was progress so slow in the past?

jasoncrawford1 Sep 2022 20:26 UTC
5 points
3 comments6 min readPF link
(rootsofprogress.org)

In­ter­views: Jim Pethok­oukis, Pod of Jake, Montessorium

jasoncrawford1 Sep 2022 18:49 UTC
3 points
0 comments1 min readPF link
(rootsofprogress.org)

Ja­son’s links and tweets, 2022-08-31

jasoncrawford31 Aug 2022 21:54 UTC
3 points
0 comments1 min readPF link
(rootsofprogress.org)

New op-ed on au­tonomous vehicles

Jordan McGillis29 Aug 2022 19:10 UTC
2 points
0 comments4 min readPF link

State-ad­ja­cent Institutions

Jamie Rumbelow27 Aug 2022 14:49 UTC
1 point
0 comments2 min readPF link

How to Slow Down Progress (Ac­cord­ing to Fic­tion)

etiennefd26 Aug 2022 14:19 UTC
2 points
0 comments7 min readPF link
(etiennefd.substack.com)

Event in SF: Fore­sight In­sti­tute meetup, Sep 8

jasoncrawford25 Aug 2022 20:52 UTC
3 points
0 comments1 min readPF link
(rootsofprogress.org)

Ja­son’s links and tweets, 2022-08-23

jasoncrawford23 Aug 2022 17:29 UTC
3 points
0 comments1 min readPF link
(rootsofprogress.org)

Draft for com­ment: Towards a philos­o­phy of safety

jasoncrawford18 Aug 2022 23:41 UTC
6 points
12 comments5 min readPF link

A con­ver­sa­tion about progress and safety

jasoncrawford18 Aug 2022 18:35 UTC
3 points
0 comments7 min readPF link
(rootsofprogress.org)

Ja­son’s links and tweets, 2022-08-17

jasoncrawford17 Aug 2022 21:27 UTC
3 points
0 comments2 min readPF link
(rootsofprogress.org)

A New Ma­te­ri­als Paradigm Is Overdue

tsungxu11 Aug 2022 22:11 UTC
4 points
4 comments18 min readPF link
(www.tsungxu.com)

Ja­son’s links and tweets, 2022-08-09

jasoncrawford9 Aug 2022 17:35 UTC
3 points
0 comments1 min readPF link
(rootsofprogress.org)

[Question] How to Mea­sure Key­ne­sian Beauty Con­tests for Aca­demic Research

Alex Gray8 Aug 2022 4:40 UTC
3 points
3 comments1 min readPF link

This Can Go On—Pt. 2: Against In­tu­itions About Crazy Growth

Dwarkesh Patel5 Aug 2022 23:23 UTC
5 points
1 comment5 min readPF link
(www.dwarkeshpatel.com)

Eng­ineer and the Saint: A Pol­ish en­g­ineer’s pur­suit to de­sign the perfect spin­ning wheel for Ma­hatma Gandhi

Niloy Gupta3 Aug 2022 13:49 UTC
2 points
0 comments8 min readPF link
(docs.google.com)

Ja­son’s links and tweets, 2022-08-02

jasoncrawford2 Aug 2022 17:03 UTC
4 points
0 comments1 min readPF link
(rootsofprogress.org)

This Can Go On—Pt. 1: The Sim­mer Scenario

Dwarkesh Patel30 Jul 2022 23:50 UTC
4 points
0 comments6 min readPF link
(www.dwarkeshpatel.com)

Some core as­sump­tions of effec­tive al­tru­ism, ac­cord­ing to me

peterhartree30 Jul 2022 16:18 UTC
2 points
0 comments6 min readPF link
(forum.effectivealtruism.org)

How does your philo­soph­i­cal wor­ld­view im­pact your in­ter­est in Progress Stud­ies?

Daniel Frank29 Jul 2022 16:05 UTC
2 points
0 comments1 min readPF link

A Progress Stud­ies His­tory of Early MIT — Part 1: Train­ing the en­g­ineers who built the country

ericgilliam28 Jul 2022 22:58 UTC
6 points
1 comment27 min readPF link
(freaktakes.substack.com)

Ex­is­ten­tial Risks & Global Gover­nance Is­sues around AI & Robotics

AdamThierer27 Jul 2022 17:22 UTC
2 points
0 comments1 min readPF link

Ja­son’s links and tweets, 2022-07-27

jasoncrawford27 Jul 2022 17:20 UTC
4 points
0 comments1 min readPF link
(rootsofprogress.org)

Tech­noc­racy and the Space Age

jasoncrawford26 Jul 2022 23:14 UTC
4 points
0 comments2 min readPF link
(rootsofprogress.org)

How Science Fic­tion Dystopi­anism Shapes the De­bate over AI & Robotics

AdamThierer26 Jul 2022 15:36 UTC
2 points
0 comments1 min readPF link

Hu­man Progress via In­tel­lec­tual Progress [DRAFT]

Moritz Wallawitsch26 Jul 2022 8:23 UTC
2 points
0 comments6 min readPF link

[Question] What does it mean to “raise stan­dards of liv­ing”?

elsehow22 Jul 2022 18:20 UTC
2 points
2 comments1 min readPF link

Re­viv­ing Progress in the UK—a manifesto

tomwestgarth21 Jul 2022 15:47 UTC
4 points
0 comments6 min readPF link
(tomwestgarth.substack.com)

Bot­tling Lightning

Benjamin Reinhardt20 Jul 2022 17:28 UTC
17 points
0 comments11 min readPF link

Ja­son’s links and tweets, 2022-07-19

jasoncrawford19 Jul 2022 20:50 UTC
3 points
0 comments1 min readPF link
(rootsofprogress.org)

Launch­ing a new progress in­sti­tute, seek­ing a CEO

jasoncrawford18 Jul 2022 16:56 UTC
6 points
0 comments3 min readPF link
(rootsofprogress.org)