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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
Jul 21, 2022, 3:47 PM
4
points
0
comments
6
min read
PF
link
(tomwestgarth.substack.com)
Bottling Lightning
Benjamin Reinhardt
Jul 20, 2022, 5:28 PM
17
points
0
comments
11
min read
PF
link
Jason’s links and tweets, 2022-07-19
jasoncrawford
Jul 19, 2022, 8:50 PM
3
points
0
comments
1
min read
PF
link
(rootsofprogress.org)
Launching a new progress institute, seeking a CEO
jasoncrawford
Jul 18, 2022, 4:56 PM
6
points
0
comments
3
min read
PF
link
(rootsofprogress.org)
Enlightenment Values in a Vulnerable World
Maxwell Tabarrok
Jul 18, 2022, 12:00 PM
4
points
0
comments
31
min read
PF
link
(maximumprogress.substack.com)
Highlights from the memoirs of Vannevar Bush
jasoncrawford
Jul 15, 2022, 6:08 PM
4
points
0
comments
13
min read
PF
link
(rootsofprogress.org)
Jason’s links and tweets, 2022-07-12
jasoncrawford
Jul 12, 2022, 3:30 PM
4
points
0
comments
1
min read
PF
link
(rootsofprogress.org)
Request for posts: Social change
jasoncrawford
Jul 11, 2022, 6:44 PM
6
points
1
comment
1
min read
PF
link
Progress and Disabilities
Taylor Barkley
Jul 7, 2022, 10:41 PM
7
points
2
comments
7
min read
PF
link
Imperial Russia was doing fine without the Soviets
daviskedrosky
Jul 5, 2022, 10:25 PM
4
points
0
comments
14
min read
PF
link
(daviskedrosky.substack.com)
Future Forum, a conference to improve the future of humanity
jasoncrawford
Jul 1, 2022, 7:57 PM
6
points
0
comments
1
min read
PF
link
(rootsofprogress.org)
The Industrial Revolution That Almost Was: Proto-Industrialization in Bengal
etiennefd
Jul 1, 2022, 1:00 AM
5
points
0
comments
20
min read
PF
link
(etiennefd.substack.com)
Jason’s links and tweets, 2022-06-29
jasoncrawford
Jun 29, 2022, 9:33 PM
4
points
0
comments
1
min read
PF
link
(rootsofprogress.org)
What would you all change the h-index to? I’m very curious!
ericgilliam
29 Jun 2022 18:18 UTC
4
points
1
comment
1
min read
PF
link
Why is health spending low in India?
Nihal Sahu
28 Jun 2022 20:49 UTC
2
points
0
comments
6
min read
PF
link
Increasing Demand for Progress Beyond Desire
Daniel Frank
25 Jun 2022 14:27 UTC
4
points
3
comments
3
min read
PF
link
The Trouble With Guilds
daviskedrosky
24 Jun 2022 14:48 UTC
4
points
0
comments
22
min read
PF
link
(daviskedrosky.substack.com)
Jason’s links and tweets, 2022-06-20
jasoncrawford
21 Jun 2022 17:10 UTC
3
points
0
comments
1
min read
PF
link
(rootsofprogress.org)
The Last Crusade: Fighting for the Holy Land of Industrialism
daviskedrosky
19 Jun 2022 15:27 UTC
5
points
2
comments
8
min read
PF
link
Many university patents are anchors on progress
sahajsharda
19 Jun 2022 1:18 UTC
1
point
1
comment
1
min read
PF
link
(sahajsharda.substack.com)
Erik Brynjolfsson on automation, productivity, work, and the future
jasoncrawford
17 Jun 2022 20:46 UTC
4
points
0
comments
1
min read
PF
link
(rootsofprogress.org)
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