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How fear of the ‘Mega-Ma­chine’ helped end Amer­ica’s post­war Golden Age

James Pethokoukis20 Nov 2022 20:55 UTC
6 points
1 comment5 min readPF link
(fasterplease.substack.com)

How Karl Comp­ton be­lieved a re­search de­part­ment should be run

ericgilliam20 Nov 2022 20:10 UTC
9 points
5 comments12 min readPF link
(freaktakes.substack.com)

Dist­in­guish­ing the im­pact and value of an idea

Mohan Ganesalingam20 Nov 2022 19:17 UTC
3 points
2 comments2 min readPF link

Progress Meetup dur­ing At­lantic Progress Summit

James Gray19 Nov 2022 19:41 UTC
1 point
0 comments1 min readPF link

Lost In­no­va­tion: A His­tory of Missed Chances to Progress So­ciety.

Vito G19 Nov 2022 15:48 UTC
1 point
0 comments6 min readPF link

Com­par­ing pro­cess im­prove­ment in man­u­fac­tur­ing and con­struc­tion: Duco vs Drywall

briancpotter19 Nov 2022 1:29 UTC
7 points
0 comments7 min readPF link
(constructionphysics.substack.com)

Value Created vs. Value Extracted

Sable18 Nov 2022 21:40 UTC
5 points
0 comments7 min readPF link
(affablyevil.substack.com)

“Why Does Darpa Work?”, an anal­y­sis of the unique struc­ture of DARPA

the gears of ascension18 Nov 2022 12:22 UTC
1 point
0 comments1 min readPF link
(benjaminreinhardt.com)

Are Tech­nolo­gies Inevitable?

mattclancy18 Nov 2022 3:00 UTC
4 points
0 comments3 min readPF link
(www.newthingsunderthesun.com)

Dis­cussing Tech­nolog­i­cal Literacy

Anna-Sofia Lesiv17 Nov 2022 20:46 UTC
4 points
0 comments3 min readPF link
(annasofia.xyz)

How to sub­scribe to this Forum

jasoncrawford17 Nov 2022 18:54 UTC
3 points
0 comments1 min readPF link

The mys­tery of the mir­a­cle year

Dwarkesh Patel16 Nov 2022 22:11 UTC
17 points
5 comments6 min readPF link
(www.dwarkeshpatel.com)

Wel­come to the Progress Fo­rum!

jasoncrawford16 Nov 2022 21:15 UTC
13 points
4 comments1 min readPF link

When should we be sur­prised that an in­ven­tion took “so long”?

jasoncrawford16 Nov 2022 20:04 UTC
6 points
0 comments4 min readPF link
(rootsofprogress.org)

Ja­son’s links and tweets, 2022-11-15

jasoncrawford16 Nov 2022 3:21 UTC
4 points
0 comments2 min readPF link
(rootsofprogress.org)

Age of In­ven­tion: The Bea­cons are Lit!

Anton Howes15 Nov 2022 19:08 UTC
5 points
0 comments16 min readPF link
(antonhowes.substack.com)

What pub­lish­ing/​con­fer­ence norms do you think we should bring back?

ericgilliam7 Nov 2022 19:36 UTC
5 points
2 comments16 min readPF link
(freaktakes.substack.com)

Two pod­cast in­ter­views: Ar­jun Khe­mani, Alex LaBossiere

jasoncrawford4 Nov 2022 22:32 UTC
3 points
0 comments1 min readPF link
(rootsofprogress.org)

Should we “go against na­ture”?

jasoncrawford4 Nov 2022 22:14 UTC
3 points
0 comments2 min readPF link
(rootsofprogress.org)

Ja­son’s links and tweets, 2022-11-01

jasoncrawford1 Nov 2022 17:48 UTC
3 points
0 comments3 min readPF link
(rootsofprogress.org)

In­tro­duc­ing my­self & com­plex­ity matters

Christophe Rosseel1 Nov 2022 14:06 UTC
1 point
1 comment1 min readPF link
(complexitymatters.substack.com)

[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)