Tyler Cowen AMA

Tyler CowenJan 15, 2023, 7:48 PM
19 points
77 comments1 min readPF link

Rad­i­cal En­ergy Abundance

Casey HandmerOct 10, 2023, 7:28 PM
19 points
15 comments12 min readPF link

A Cat­a­log of Big Vi­sions for Biology

Sam RodriquesFeb 1, 2023, 9:30 PM
19 points
10 comments4 min readPF link
(www.sam-rodriques.com)

Eli Dourado AMA

elidouradoJan 27, 2023, 5:51 PM
15 points
74 comments1 min readPF link

A Cure for My Cancer

Virginia PostrelFeb 3, 2023, 9:52 PM
14 points
1 comment5 min readPF link
(vpostrel.substack.com)

AMA: Alli­son Duettmann, Fore­sight Institute

AllisonDuettmannMar 17, 2023, 8:49 PM
13 points
17 comments1 min readPF link

Revving up the Progress Stud­ies Idea Machine

PradyumnaJan 21, 2023, 1:39 AM
13 points
6 comments2 min readPF link

AMA: Matt Clancy, Open Philanthropy

mattclancyFeb 10, 2023, 5:24 PM
12 points
35 comments1 min readPF link

Start­ing the Jour­ney as CEO of the Roots of Progress

Heike LarsonJan 31, 2023, 9:16 PM
12 points
5 comments4 min readPF link
(rootsofprogress.org)

AMA: Ben Rein­hardt, Spec­u­la­tive Technologies

Benjamin ReinhardtFeb 18, 2023, 12:49 AM
11 points
26 comments1 min readPF link

The spiritual benefits of ma­te­rial progress

jasoncrawfordJan 19, 2023, 9:35 PM
11 points
5 comments7 min readPF link
(rootsofprogress.org)

Tell Good Stories

Rahul RanaFeb 15, 2023, 12:26 AM
11 points
4 comments15 min readPF link
(www.notboring.co)

The Com­mis­sion for Stop­ping Fur­ther Im­prove­ments: A let­ter of note from Isam­bard K. Brunel

jasoncrawfordApr 21, 2023, 5:42 PM
10 points
0 comments4 min readPF link
(rootsofprogress.org)

Vi­talik on sci­ence, his philan­thropy, progress and effec­tive al­tru­ism.

vincentweisserJan 18, 2023, 11:19 PM
10 points
0 comments1 min readPF link

The Rise of Steel—Part I

briancpotterFeb 6, 2023, 10:10 PM
9 points
0 comments16 min readPF link
(constructionphysics.substack.com)

The Next Ein­stein Could Be From Any­where: Why Devel­op­ing Coun­try Growth Mat­ters for Progress

Jeffrey MasonMay 18, 2023, 3:16 PM
9 points
6 comments8 min readPF link

What if they gave an In­dus­trial Revolu­tion and no­body came?

jasoncrawfordMay 17, 2023, 7:41 PM
9 points
7 comments18 min readPF link
(rootsofprogress.org)

Wizards and prophets of AI [draft for com­ment]

jasoncrawfordMar 31, 2023, 8:22 PM
9 points
6 comments6 min readPF link

Ja­son’s links di­gest, 2023-09-08: The Con­ser­va­tive Fu­tur­ist, cargo air­ships, and more

jasoncrawfordSep 8, 2023, 5:48 PM
8 points
0 comments5 min readPF link
(rootsofprogress.org)

A Re­port on Scien­tific Branch-Creation: How the Rock­efel­ler Foun­da­tion helped boot­strap the field of molec­u­lar biology

Max GörlitzJun 18, 2023, 1:33 PM
8 points
0 comments1 min readPF link
(www.freaktakes.com)

FAA’s safety philos­o­phy and progress in per­sonal aviation

elidouradoOct 23, 2023, 3:34 PM
8 points
1 comment1 min readPF link

An­nounc­ing The Roots of Progress Blog-Build­ing Intensive

jasoncrawfordJul 11, 2023, 2:04 PM
8 points
0 comments1 min readPF link
(rootsofprogress.org)

The epistemic virtue of scope matching

jasoncrawfordMar 16, 2023, 10:08 PM
8 points
1 comment4 min readPF link
(rootsofprogress.org)

The Offense-Defense Balance Rarely Changes

Maxwell TabarrokDec 9, 2023, 3:22 PM
8 points
2 comments3 min readPF link
(maximumprogress.substack.com)

Where I have landed on “ideas get­ting harder to find”, in a nutshell

jasoncrawfordOct 18, 2023, 11:13 PM
8 points
6 comments1 min readPF link

Some­thing Is Get­ting Harder To Find But It’s Not Ideas

Maxwell TabarrokOct 11, 2023, 5:16 PM
8 points
6 comments6 min readPF link
(maximumprogress.substack.com)

New database for eco­nomics research

Oshan JarowFeb 23, 2023, 3:57 PM
8 points
1 comment1 min readPF link

Age of In­ven­tion: How the Dutch Did it Better

Anton HowesFeb 24, 2023, 9:27 PM
8 points
2 comments9 min readPF link
(antonhowes.substack.com)

The Ci­ti­zens Law Degree

Daniel GolliherAug 25, 2023, 5:16 PM
8 points
4 comments4 min readPF link
(www.maximumnewyork.com)

AMA: Bryan Bishop, Bio­hacker & Founder of Cus­to­dia Bank

kanzureApr 10, 2023, 6:18 PM
8 points
17 comments1 min readPF link

“In Praise of Fast Food” by Rachel Laudan

jasoncrawfordJan 4, 2023, 6:38 PM
7 points
0 comments1 min readPF link
(www.utne.com)

Devel­op­ing a tech­nol­ogy with safety in mind: Les­sons from the Wright Brothers

jasoncrawfordJun 15, 2023, 9:08 PM
7 points
0 comments3 min readPF link
(rootsofprogress.org)

Age of In­ven­tion: The Pull of Cities

Anton HowesJan 6, 2023, 10:32 PM
7 points
2 comments7 min readPF link
(antonhowes.substack.com)

[Question] Best data sources for track­ing oc­cu­pa­tional change in real time?

2120ethJun 13, 2023, 2:34 PM
7 points
0 comments1 min readPF link

AMA: Mark Khu­rana, au­thor of The Tra­jec­tory of Dis­cov­ery, cre­ator of Un­told Health

M KhuranaMar 24, 2023, 6:31 PM
7 points
16 comments1 min readPF link

The Com­ment Policy Is “Vic­to­rian Sufi Bud­dha Lite”

jasoncrawfordFeb 15, 2023, 2:37 PM
7 points
0 comments2 min readPF link
(slatestarcodex.com)

It’s Time for Greater San Francisco

ejzSep 8, 2023, 3:31 PM
7 points
4 comments15 min readPF link

Who reg­u­lates the reg­u­la­tors? We need to go be­yond the re­view-and-ap­proval paradigm

jasoncrawfordMay 4, 2023, 10:11 PM
7 points
3 comments13 min readPF link
(rootsofprogress.org)

Ja­son’s links and tweets, 2023-01-25

jasoncrawfordJan 25, 2023, 4:00 PM
7 points
0 comments1 min readPF link
(rootsofprogress.org)

Do we get bet­ter or worse at adapt­ing to change?

jasoncrawfordApr 6, 2023, 2:42 PM
7 points
4 comments3 min readPF link
(rootsofprogress.org)

Can sub­marines swim? (In which I de­mys­tify ar­tifi­cial in­tel­li­gence)

jasoncrawfordFeb 22, 2023, 6:47 PM
7 points
0 comments13 min readPF link
(rootsofprogress.org)

Age of In­ven­tion: The Bour­geois Supremacy

Anton HowesJan 28, 2023, 12:18 AM
7 points
0 comments6 min readPF link
(antonhowes.substack.com)

A plea for solu­tion­ism on AI safety

jasoncrawfordJun 9, 2023, 4:29 PM
7 points
8 comments6 min readPF link
(rootsofprogress.org)

In­tro­duc­ing the Progress Stud­ies Fellowship

Dominic SobhaniJul 4, 2023, 3:09 AM
6 points
1 comment1 min readPF link

Why didn’t we get the four-hour work­day?

jasoncrawfordJan 6, 2023, 9:29 PM
6 points
0 comments5 min readPF link
(rootsofprogress.org)

“Hereti­cal Thoughts on AI” by Eli Dourado

𝕮𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖗𝖆Jan 19, 2023, 4:39 PM
6 points
2 comments5 min readPF link
(www.elidourado.com)

Nei­ther EA nor e/​acc is what we need to build the future

jasoncrawfordNov 22, 2023, 3:56 PM
6 points
15 comments3 min readPF link
(rootsofprogress.org)

The Art of Med­i­cal Progress

Tina Marsh DaltonOct 30, 2023, 5:59 PM
6 points
2 comments4 min readPF link

Four lenses on AI risks

jasoncrawfordMar 28, 2023, 9:52 PM
6 points
0 comments3 min readPF link
(rootsofprogress.org)

How to slow down sci­en­tific progress, ac­cord­ing to Leo Szilard

jasoncrawfordJan 5, 2023, 6:26 PM
6 points
1 comment2 min readPF link
(rootsofprogress.org)