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Jason’s links and tweets, 2022-11-01
jasoncrawford
Nov 1, 2022, 5:48 PM
3
points
0
comments
3
min read
PF
link
(rootsofprogress.org)
Introducing myself & complexity matters
Christophe Rosseel
Nov 1, 2022, 2:06 PM
1
point
1
comment
1
min read
PF
link
(complexitymatters.substack.com)
[Question]
Which are the biggest problems worth solving in humanity right now?
Chris Fedrizzi
Oct 21, 2022, 12:03 AM
1
point
0
comments
1
min read
PF
link
The Ascetic Entrepreneur: The triumph of German and Indian chemical engineering in the early 20th century
Niloy Gupta
Oct 20, 2022, 4:13 AM
1
point
0
comments
14
min read
PF
link
(dreamsofprogress.substack.com)
Unblocking Abundance
Sarah Constantin
Oct 12, 2022, 6:32 PM
14
points
4
comments
6
min read
PF
link
(sarahconstantin.substack.com)
Jason’s links and tweets, 2022-10-12
jasoncrawford
Oct 12, 2022, 4:59 PM
3
points
0
comments
1
min read
PF
link
(rootsofprogress.org)
From technocracy to the counterculture
jasoncrawford
Oct 11, 2022, 7:37 PM
3
points
0
comments
25
min read
PF
link
(rootsofprogress.org)
American invention from the “heroic age” to the system-building era
jasoncrawford
Oct 6, 2022, 5:19 PM
5
points
0
comments
10
min read
PF
link
(rootsofprogress.org)
Jason’s links and tweets, 2022-10-05
jasoncrawford
Oct 5, 2022, 7:24 PM
3
points
0
comments
1
min read
PF
link
(rootsofprogress.org)
Foresight Vision Weekend 2022
jasoncrawford
Oct 5, 2022, 7:11 PM
3
points
0
comments
1
min read
PF
link
(rootsofprogress.org)
[Question]
How productive are our education systems? And how has our education system scaled over the last hundred years?
Moritz Wallawitsch
Oct 1, 2022, 12:09 PM
3
points
1
comment
1
min read
PF
link
Video: Foresight Institute meetup
jasoncrawford
Sep 29, 2022, 4:37 PM
3
points
0
comments
1
min read
PF
link
(rootsofprogress.org)
Jason’s links and tweets, 2022-09-28
jasoncrawford
Sep 28, 2022, 8:26 PM
3
points
0
comments
1
min read
PF
link
(rootsofprogress.org)
What happened to the idea of progress?
jasoncrawford
Sep 20, 2022, 7:56 PM
4
points
0
comments
1
min read
PF
link
(bigthink.com)
Jason’s links and tweets, 2022-09-20
jasoncrawford
Sep 20, 2022, 2:07 PM
3
points
0
comments
1
min read
PF
link
(rootsofprogress.org)
[Question]
How can we classify negative effects of new technologies?
Max Olson
Sep 19, 2022, 10:12 PM
2
points
5
comments
1
min read
PF
link
Towards a philosophy of safety
jasoncrawford
Sep 16, 2022, 9:10 PM
4
points
0
comments
8
min read
PF
link
(rootsofprogress.org)
Jason’s links and tweets, 2022-09-14
jasoncrawford
Sep 14, 2022, 11:21 PM
3
points
0
comments
1
min read
PF
link
(rootsofprogress.org)
Jason’s links and tweets, 2022-09-08
jasoncrawford
Sep 8, 2022, 8:42 PM
4
points
2
comments
1
min read
PF
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 Gupta
Sep 5, 2022, 3:37 AM
1
point
0
comments
8
min read
PF
link
(dreamsofprogress.substack.com)
Event: How progress can go mainstream? with the Tony Blair Institute
jasoncrawford
Sep 1, 2022, 11:44 PM
3
points
0
comments
1
min read
PF
link
(rootsofprogress.org)
Why was progress so slow in the past?
jasoncrawford
Sep 1, 2022, 8:26 PM
5
points
3
comments
6
min read
PF
link
(rootsofprogress.org)
Interviews: Jim Pethokoukis, Pod of Jake, Montessorium
jasoncrawford
Sep 1, 2022, 6:49 PM
3
points
0
comments
1
min read
PF
link
(rootsofprogress.org)
Jason’s links and tweets, 2022-08-31
jasoncrawford
Aug 31, 2022, 9:54 PM
3
points
0
comments
1
min read
PF
link
(rootsofprogress.org)
New op-ed on autonomous vehicles
Jordan McGillis
Aug 29, 2022, 7:10 PM
2
points
0
comments
4
min read
PF
link
State-adjacent Institutions
Jamie Rumbelow
Aug 27, 2022, 2:49 PM
1
point
0
comments
2
min read
PF
link
How to Slow Down Progress (According to Fiction)
etiennefd
Aug 26, 2022, 2:19 PM
2
points
0
comments
7
min read
PF
link
(etiennefd.substack.com)
Event in SF: Foresight Institute meetup, Sep 8
jasoncrawford
Aug 25, 2022, 8:52 PM
3
points
0
comments
1
min read
PF
link
(rootsofprogress.org)
Jason’s links and tweets, 2022-08-23
jasoncrawford
Aug 23, 2022, 5:29 PM
3
points
0
comments
1
min read
PF
link
(rootsofprogress.org)
Draft for comment: Towards a philosophy of safety
jasoncrawford
Aug 18, 2022, 11:41 PM
6
points
12
comments
5
min read
PF
link
A conversation about progress and safety
jasoncrawford
Aug 18, 2022, 6:35 PM
3
points
0
comments
7
min read
PF
link
(rootsofprogress.org)
Jason’s links and tweets, 2022-08-17
jasoncrawford
Aug 17, 2022, 9:27 PM
3
points
0
comments
2
min read
PF
link
(rootsofprogress.org)
A New Materials Paradigm Is Overdue
tsungxu
Aug 11, 2022, 10:11 PM
4
points
4
comments
18
min read
PF
link
(www.tsungxu.com)
Jason’s links and tweets, 2022-08-09
jasoncrawford
Aug 9, 2022, 5:35 PM
3
points
0
comments
1
min read
PF
link
(rootsofprogress.org)
[Question]
How to Measure Keynesian Beauty Contests for Academic Research
Alex Gray
Aug 8, 2022, 4:40 AM
3
points
3
comments
1
min read
PF
link
This Can Go On—Pt. 2: Against Intuitions About Crazy Growth
Dwarkesh Patel
Aug 5, 2022, 11:23 PM
5
points
1
comment
5
min read
PF
link
(www.dwarkeshpatel.com)
Engineer and the Saint: A Polish engineer’s pursuit to design the perfect spinning wheel for Mahatma Gandhi
Niloy Gupta
Aug 3, 2022, 1:49 PM
2
points
0
comments
8
min read
PF
link
(docs.google.com)
Jason’s links and tweets, 2022-08-02
jasoncrawford
Aug 2, 2022, 5:03 PM
4
points
0
comments
1
min read
PF
link
(rootsofprogress.org)
This Can Go On—Pt. 1: The Simmer Scenario
Dwarkesh Patel
Jul 30, 2022, 11:50 PM
4
points
0
comments
6
min read
PF
link
(www.dwarkeshpatel.com)
Some core assumptions of effective altruism, according to me
peterhartree
Jul 30, 2022, 4:18 PM
2
points
0
comments
6
min read
PF
link
(forum.effectivealtruism.org)
How does your philosophical worldview impact your interest in Progress Studies?
Daniel Frank
Jul 29, 2022, 4:05 PM
2
points
0
comments
1
min read
PF
link
A Progress Studies History of Early MIT — Part 1: Training the engineers who built the country
ericgilliam
Jul 28, 2022, 10:58 PM
6
points
1
comment
27
min read
PF
link
(freaktakes.substack.com)
Existential Risks & Global Governance Issues around AI & Robotics
AdamThierer
Jul 27, 2022, 5:22 PM
2
points
0
comments
1
min read
PF
link
Jason’s links and tweets, 2022-07-27
jasoncrawford
Jul 27, 2022, 5:20 PM
4
points
0
comments
1
min read
PF
link
(rootsofprogress.org)
Technocracy and the Space Age
jasoncrawford
Jul 26, 2022, 11:14 PM
4
points
0
comments
2
min read
PF
link
(rootsofprogress.org)
How Science Fiction Dystopianism Shapes the Debate over AI & Robotics
AdamThierer
Jul 26, 2022, 3:36 PM
2
points
0
comments
1
min read
PF
link
Human Progress via Intellectual Progress [DRAFT]
Moritz Wallawitsch
Jul 26, 2022, 8:23 AM
2
points
0
comments
6
min read
PF
link
[Question]
What does it mean to “raise standards of living”?
elsehow
Jul 22, 2022, 6:20 PM
2
points
2
comments
1
min read
PF
link
Reviving Progress in the UK—a manifesto
tomwestgarth
21 Jul 2022 15:47 UTC
4
points
0
comments
6
min read
PF
link
(tomwestgarth.substack.com)
Bottling Lightning
Benjamin Reinhardt
20 Jul 2022 17:28 UTC
17
points
0
comments
11
min read
PF
link
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