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

Dwarkesh PatelAug 5, 2022, 11:23 PM
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 GuptaAug 3, 2022, 1:49 PM
2 points
0 comments8 min readPF link
(docs.google.com)

Ja­son’s links and tweets, 2022-08-02

jasoncrawfordAug 2, 2022, 5:03 PM
4 points
0 comments1 min readPF link
(rootsofprogress.org)

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

Dwarkesh PatelJul 30, 2022, 11:50 PM
4 points
0 comments6 min readPF link
(www.dwarkeshpatel.com)

Some core as­sump­tions of effec­tive al­tru­ism, ac­cord­ing to me

peterhartreeJul 30, 2022, 4:18 PM
2 points
0 comments6 min readPF link
(forum.effectivealtruism.org)

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

Daniel FrankJul 29, 2022, 4:05 PM
2 points
0 comments1 min readPF link

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

ericgilliamJul 28, 2022, 10:58 PM
6 points
1 comment27 min readPF link
(freaktakes.substack.com)

Ex­is­ten­tial Risks & Global Gover­nance Is­sues around AI & Robotics

AdamThiererJul 27, 2022, 5:22 PM
2 points
0 comments1 min readPF link

Ja­son’s links and tweets, 2022-07-27

jasoncrawfordJul 27, 2022, 5:20 PM
4 points
0 comments1 min readPF link
(rootsofprogress.org)

Tech­noc­racy and the Space Age

jasoncrawfordJul 26, 2022, 11:14 PM
4 points
0 comments2 min readPF link
(rootsofprogress.org)

How Science Fic­tion Dystopi­anism Shapes the De­bate over AI & Robotics

AdamThiererJul 26, 2022, 3:36 PM
2 points
0 comments1 min readPF link

Hu­man Progress via In­tel­lec­tual Progress [DRAFT]

Moritz WallawitschJul 26, 2022, 8:23 AM
2 points
0 comments6 min readPF link

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

elsehowJul 22, 2022, 6:20 PM
2 points
2 comments1 min readPF link

Re­viv­ing Progress in the UK—a manifesto

tomwestgarthJul 21, 2022, 3:47 PM
4 points
0 comments6 min readPF link
(tomwestgarth.substack.com)

Bot­tling Lightning

Benjamin ReinhardtJul 20, 2022, 5:28 PM
17 points
0 comments11 min readPF link

Ja­son’s links and tweets, 2022-07-19

jasoncrawfordJul 19, 2022, 8:50 PM
3 points
0 comments1 min readPF link
(rootsofprogress.org)

Launch­ing a new progress in­sti­tute, seek­ing a CEO

jasoncrawfordJul 18, 2022, 4:56 PM
6 points
0 comments3 min readPF link
(rootsofprogress.org)

En­light­en­ment Values in a Vuln­er­a­ble World

Maxwell TabarrokJul 18, 2022, 12:00 PM
4 points
0 comments31 min readPF link
(maximumprogress.substack.com)

High­lights from the mem­o­irs of Van­nevar Bush

jasoncrawfordJul 15, 2022, 6:08 PM
4 points
0 comments13 min readPF link
(rootsofprogress.org)

Ja­son’s links and tweets, 2022-07-12

jasoncrawfordJul 12, 2022, 3:30 PM
4 points
0 comments1 min readPF link
(rootsofprogress.org)

Re­quest for posts: So­cial change

jasoncrawfordJul 11, 2022, 6:44 PM
6 points
1 comment1 min readPF link

Progress and Disabilities

Taylor BarkleyJul 7, 2022, 10:41 PM
7 points
2 comments7 min readPF link

Im­pe­rial Rus­sia was do­ing fine with­out the Soviets

daviskedroskyJul 5, 2022, 10:25 PM
4 points
0 comments14 min readPF link
(daviskedrosky.substack.com)

Fu­ture Fo­rum, a con­fer­ence to im­prove the fu­ture of humanity

jasoncrawfordJul 1, 2022, 7:57 PM
6 points
0 comments1 min readPF link
(rootsofprogress.org)

The In­dus­trial Revolu­tion That Al­most Was: Proto-In­dus­tri­al­iza­tion in Bengal

etiennefdJul 1, 2022, 1:00 AM
5 points
0 comments20 min readPF link
(etiennefd.substack.com)

Ja­son’s links and tweets, 2022-06-29

jasoncrawfordJun 29, 2022, 9:33 PM
4 points
0 comments1 min readPF link
(rootsofprogress.org)

What would you all change the h-in­dex to? I’m very cu­ri­ous!

ericgilliamJun 29, 2022, 6:18 PM
4 points
1 comment1 min readPF link

Why is health spend­ing low in In­dia?

Nihal SahuJun 28, 2022, 8:49 PM
2 points
0 comments6 min readPF link

In­creas­ing De­mand for Progress Beyond Desire

Daniel FrankJun 25, 2022, 2:27 PM
4 points
3 comments3 min readPF link

The Trou­ble With Guilds

daviskedroskyJun 24, 2022, 2:48 PM
4 points
0 comments22 min readPF link
(daviskedrosky.substack.com)

Ja­son’s links and tweets, 2022-06-20

jasoncrawfordJun 21, 2022, 5:10 PM
3 points
0 comments1 min readPF link
(rootsofprogress.org)

The Last Cru­sade: Fight­ing for the Holy Land of Industrialism

daviskedroskyJun 19, 2022, 3:27 PM
5 points
2 comments8 min readPF link

Many uni­ver­sity patents are an­chors on progress

sahajshardaJun 19, 2022, 1:18 AM
1 point
1 comment1 min readPF link
(sahajsharda.substack.com)

Erik Bryn­jolfs­son on au­toma­tion, pro­duc­tivity, work, and the future

jasoncrawfordJun 17, 2022, 8:46 PM
4 points
0 comments1 min readPF link
(rootsofprogress.org)

To In­crease Progress, In­crease Desire

Max OlsonJun 17, 2022, 6:22 PM
3 points
14 comments4 min readPF link

BBC Fu­ture cov­ers progress stud­ies (my re­sponse)

jasoncrawfordJun 16, 2022, 10:44 PM
6 points
1 comment3 min readPF link
(rootsofprogress.org)

I wrote a 4k word BBC Fu­ture ar­ti­cle on Progress Stud­ies, and I’d love your thoughts

garrisonJun 16, 2022, 5:14 PM
5 points
2 comments1 min readPF link

State ca­pac­ity eats in­ter­est rates for lunch

elidouradoJun 16, 2022, 12:53 AM
7 points
3 comments1 min readPF link
(www.thecgo.org)

Ja­son’s links and tweets, 2022-06-13

jasoncrawfordJun 15, 2022, 7:46 PM
3 points
0 comments1 min readPF link
(rootsofprogress.org)

Why Wasn’t the Steam Eng­ine In­vented Ear­lier? Part I

Anton HowesJun 14, 2022, 5:44 PM
7 points
4 comments11 min readPF link
(antonhowes.substack.com)

We won the war on in­fec­tious dis­eases, but now we need to learn from it

ericgilliamJun 13, 2022, 8:43 PM
6 points
8 comments11 min readPF link
(freaktakes.substack.com)

Hu­man­ity Lacks Imag­i­na­tion to Solve Aging

tomaspueyoJun 13, 2022, 8:26 PM
6 points
2 comments1 min readPF link

We Are Not Gods: The Geo­graphic Cri­tique of Im­par­tial Progress

SebastianGJun 13, 2022, 5:58 PM
4 points
2 comments3 min readPF link

Book Re­view: How the World Be­came Rich

daviskedroskyJun 10, 2022, 6:21 PM
4 points
1 comment10 min readPF link
(daviskedrosky.substack.com)

Ja­son’s links and tweets, 2022-06-08

jasoncrawfordJun 9, 2022, 7:13 PM
4 points
2 comments1 min readPF link
(rootsofprogress.org)

PASTA and Progress: The great irony

NickJun 7, 2022, 4:33 PM
5 points
14 comments2 min readPF link

Hen­drick Bode?

jasoncrawfordJun 6, 2022, 8:26 PM
3 points
1 comment1 min readPF link

We Should Break Up Elite Colleges

sahajshardaJun 6, 2022, 6:53 PM
2 points
2 comments1 min readPF link
(sahajsharda.substack.com)

[Question] Were hunter-gath­er­ers not able to pro­duce enough calories un­til age 18?

Moritz WallawitschJun 6, 2022, 3:37 PM
2 points
2 comments1 min readPF link

Could AI help mar­shal reg­u­la­tory re­fine­ment and drive progress?

mattaurilioJun 5, 2022, 9:16 PM
2 points
0 comments6 min readPF link