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Why doesn’t progress seem to propagate?
ejz
May 11, 2022, 10:53 PM
6
points
5
comments
2
min read
PF
link
Wait, Environmentalists Are Anti-Technology?
Alex Trembath
May 11, 2022, 9:30 PM
6
points
2
comments
4
min read
PF
link
How we get vision wrong.
James Rosen-Birch
May 11, 2022, 6:57 PM
4
points
1
comment
1
min read
PF
link
Event: JMI Tech Summit Miami September 15-16
andrea
May 11, 2022, 6:39 AM
2
points
0
comments
1
min read
PF
link
Intellectual Property Is Worse Than You Think
Maxwell Tabarrok
May 10, 2022, 10:19 PM
7
points
4
comments
4
min read
PF
link
Walt Disney documentary
daltner
May 10, 2022, 2:53 PM
1
point
0
comments
1
min read
PF
link
Book Review: Emperors of Chocolate
daltner
May 9, 2022, 11:15 PM
2
points
0
comments
3
min read
PF
link
Story of King Gillette
daltner
May 9, 2022, 11:04 PM
1
point
0
comments
2
min read
PF
link
Sears Book Recommendation
daltner
May 9, 2022, 11:04 PM
1
point
0
comments
2
min read
PF
link
[Question]
Why did Intellectual Ventures’s thesis about patents fail?
jasoncrawford
May 9, 2022, 5:41 PM
3
points
1
comment
1
min read
PF
link
[Question]
Why is there no equivalent of the VC industry, but for patentable inventions instead of startups?
jasoncrawford
May 9, 2022, 5:31 PM
7
points
7
comments
1
min read
PF
link
George Westinghouse Documentary
daltner
May 9, 2022, 4:06 AM
1
point
0
comments
2
min read
PF
link
Why I Admire Adolphus Busch
daltner
May 9, 2022, 4:01 AM
1
point
0
comments
3
min read
PF
link
Pre-publication draft of “Death is the Default: Why building is our safest way forward”
Gena Gorlin
May 9, 2022, 4:01 AM
3
points
6
comments
1
min read
PF
link
(docs.google.com)
Book Review: HJ Heinz Biography
daltner
May 9, 2022, 12:14 AM
2
points
1
comment
1
min read
PF
link
Book Review: The Kelloggs
daltner
May 9, 2022, 12:14 AM
2
points
0
comments
2
min read
PF
link
Book Review: Cool: How Air Conditioning Changed Everything
daltner
May 9, 2022, 12:14 AM
2
points
2
comments
2
min read
PF
link
[Question]
Was agricultural progress a prerequisite for the development of the mechanized textile industry?
benlandautaylor
May 8, 2022, 5:47 PM
2
points
2
comments
1
min read
PF
link
The Anatomists
LauraMazer
May 8, 2022, 4:44 PM
3
points
1
comment
1
min read
PF
link
On Great Contexts vs. Great Groups
andrew
May 8, 2022, 4:43 PM
2
points
0
comments
4
min read
PF
link
The lure of technocracy
jasoncrawford
May 6, 2022, 8:07 PM
4
points
5
comments
4
min read
PF
link
(rootsofprogress.org)
How can we be objective?
Stuart Buck
May 5, 2022, 4:06 AM
3
points
2
comments
1
min read
PF
link
The Curse of Plenty
mattclancy
May 5, 2022, 4:06 AM
5
points
8
comments
4
min read
PF
link
It’s time to build: A New World’s Fair
Cameron Wiese
May 5, 2022, 12:03 AM
7
points
5
comments
5
min read
PF
link
(www.cameronwiese.com)
Effective Altruism and Progress Studies
MarkLutter
May 4, 2022, 11:11 PM
5
points
7
comments
2
min read
PF
link
New Industries Come From Crazy People
benlandautaylor
May 4, 2022, 7:05 PM
6
points
2
comments
8
min read
PF
link
(palladiummag.com)
What are the best examples of catastrophic resource shortages?
jasoncrawford
May 4, 2022, 2:37 PM
4
points
0
comments
5
min read
PF
link
(rootsofprogress.org)
Event on “Governance of Emerging Technologies & Science”
AdamThierer
May 3, 2022, 2:40 PM
2
points
0
comments
1
min read
PF
link
Bombs, Brains, and Science
ericgilliam
May 3, 2022, 2:07 AM
13
points
11
comments
11
min read
PF
link
(freaktakes.substack.com)
New Governance Frameworks for Emerging Tech Sectors
AdamThierer
May 3, 2022, 12:33 AM
1
point
0
comments
1
min read
PF
link
Guarantee Funds / Leveraged Philanthropy
Anton Howes
Apr 29, 2022, 5:56 PM
4
points
3
comments
1
min read
PF
link
When and how have we made progress against misinformation?
jasoncrawford
Apr 29, 2022, 3:26 AM
3
points
0
comments
1
min read
PF
link
The concluding session of The Story of Industrial Civilization
jasoncrawford
Apr 28, 2022, 4:35 PM
2
points
0
comments
1
min read
PF
link
Cunning plans to fix the world can win
John Myers
Apr 27, 2022, 7:10 PM
2
points
0
comments
9
min read
PF
link
(ziggurat.substack.com)
Assorted Links 7
andrew
Apr 26, 2022, 4:23 PM
1
point
0
comments
1
min read
PF
link
Why progress needs futurism
elidourado
Apr 25, 2022, 11:25 PM
13
points
5
comments
3
min read
PF
link
Ecclesiastes in the Age of Progress
arbesman
Apr 25, 2022, 9:22 PM
4
points
1
comment
3
min read
PF
link
(arbesman.substack.com)
Why pessimism sounds smart
jasoncrawford
Apr 25, 2022, 8:10 PM
9
points
5
comments
1
min read
PF
link
(rootsofprogress.org)
Climate & Ecosystem Analogies in Progress Studies
AdamThierer
Apr 24, 2022, 3:26 PM
2
points
0
comments
2
min read
PF
link
Where is “Progress Studies” Going?
AdamThierer
Apr 23, 2022, 7:43 PM
7
points
9
comments
5
min read
PF
link
Why “progress studies” is interdisciplinary
jasoncrawford
Apr 22, 2022, 9:44 PM
3
points
0
comments
1
min read
PF
link
(rootsofprogress.org)
Aeon article on “Primitive communism”
jasoncrawford
Apr 21, 2022, 7:26 PM
2
points
0
comments
2
min read
PF
link
Is growth linear, not exponential?
jasoncrawford
Apr 20, 2022, 6:44 PM
3
points
0
comments
3
min read
PF
link
(rootsofprogress.org)
Assorted Links 6
andrew
Apr 3, 2022, 4:52 PM
1
point
0
comments
1
min read
PF
link
Assorted Links 5
andrew
Mar 31, 2022, 12:55 AM
2
points
0
comments
1
min read
PF
link
Assorted Links 4
andrew
Mar 29, 2022, 10:57 PM
1
point
0
comments
1
min read
PF
link
Contact Us
sismail
Mar 27, 2022, 4:28 AM
1
point
0
comments
1
min read
PF
link
About us and FAQ
Ross Graham
Mar 27, 2022, 4:27 AM
8
points
7
comments
2
min read
PF
link
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