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The Rise of Steel—Part I
briancpotter
Feb 6, 2023, 10:10 PM
9
points
0
comments
16
min read
PF
link
(constructionphysics.substack.com)
A Cure for My Cancer
Virginia Postrel
Feb 3, 2023, 9:52 PM
14
points
1
comment
5
min read
PF
link
(vpostrel.substack.com)
Space colonization and the closed material economy
Arturo Macias
Feb 2, 2023, 2:56 PM
4
points
3
comments
2
min read
PF
link
Jason’s links and tweets, 2023-02-01
jasoncrawford
Feb 2, 2023, 2:24 AM
4
points
0
comments
1
min read
PF
link
(rootsofprogress.org)
Can we “cure” cancer?
jasoncrawford
Feb 1, 2023, 10:03 PM
4
points
5
comments
2
min read
PF
link
(rootsofprogress.org)
A Catalog of Big Visions for Biology
Sam Rodriques
Feb 1, 2023, 9:30 PM
19
points
10
comments
4
min read
PF
link
(www.sam-rodriques.com)
Starting the Journey as CEO of the Roots of Progress
Heike Larson
Jan 31, 2023, 9:16 PM
12
points
5
comments
4
min read
PF
link
(rootsofprogress.org)
Progress Drinks and Party
Lawrence Newport
Jan 30, 2023, 5:32 PM
1
point
4
comments
1
min read
PF
link
Age of Invention: The Bourgeois Supremacy
Anton Howes
Jan 28, 2023, 12:18 AM
7
points
0
comments
6
min read
PF
link
(antonhowes.substack.com)
Eli Dourado AMA
elidourado
Jan 27, 2023, 5:51 PM
15
points
74
comments
1
min read
PF
link
Where are all the robots?
Rohit Krishnan
Jan 25, 2023, 8:33 PM
4
points
0
comments
9
min read
PF
link
(www.strangeloopcanon.com)
Jason’s links and tweets, 2023-01-25
jasoncrawford
Jan 25, 2023, 4:00 PM
7
points
0
comments
1
min read
PF
link
(rootsofprogress.org)
Why slow progress is more dangerous than fast progress
Mathias Sundin
Jan 25, 2023, 3:06 PM
2
points
6
comments
1
min read
PF
link
(www.warpnews.org)
[Question]
What do people make of growth diagnostics?
vollmer
Jan 23, 2023, 6:32 PM
4
points
4
comments
1
min read
PF
link
Progress in Qualia
niplav
Jan 23, 2023, 2:53 AM
2
points
0
comments
5
min read
PF
link
‘Disruptive’ science has declined — and no one knows why
Max Görlitz
Jan 23, 2023, 2:53 AM
2
points
1
comment
1
min read
PF
link
(www.nature.com)
Revving up the Progress Studies Idea Machine
Pradyumna
Jan 21, 2023, 1:39 AM
13
points
6
comments
2
min read
PF
link
The spiritual benefits of material progress
jasoncrawford
Jan 19, 2023, 9:35 PM
11
points
5
comments
7
min read
PF
link
(rootsofprogress.org)
“Heretical Thoughts on AI” by Eli Dourado
𝕮𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖗𝖆
Jan 19, 2023, 4:39 PM
6
points
2
comments
5
min read
PF
link
(www.elidourado.com)
Vitalik on science, his philanthropy, progress and effective altruism.
vincentweisser
Jan 18, 2023, 11:19 PM
10
points
0
comments
1
min read
PF
link
Jason’s links and tweets, 2023-01-17
jasoncrawford
Jan 17, 2023, 9:31 PM
4
points
0
comments
2
min read
PF
link
(rootsofprogress.org)
Investment, Work, and Vision: Who is responsible for creating value?
Sable
Jan 16, 2023, 1:50 AM
1
point
0
comments
8
min read
PF
link
(affablyevil.substack.com)
Tyler Cowen AMA
Tyler Cowen
Jan 15, 2023, 7:48 PM
19
points
77
comments
1
min read
PF
link
Wokism, rethinking priorities and the Bostrom case
Arturo Macias
Jan 13, 2023, 2:28 PM
−4
points
0
comments
4
min read
PF
link
Our Relationship With Knowledge
TannyTalk
Jan 13, 2023, 1:15 AM
2
points
1
comment
5
min read
PF
link
Japanese Political Economy and Industrial Policy
charlesxjyang
Jan 12, 2023, 9:11 PM
5
points
1
comment
10
min read
PF
link
Is Progress Real?
rogersbacon
Jan 11, 2023, 6:18 AM
1
point
9
comments
14
min read
PF
link
(www.secretorum.life)
The Case for “Political Solutionism”: The optimistic yet pragmatic philosophy we need to level up America
Gary Sheng
Jan 7, 2023, 9:10 PM
3
points
0
comments
8
min read
PF
link
Age of Invention: The Pull of Cities
Anton Howes
Jan 6, 2023, 10:32 PM
7
points
2
comments
7
min read
PF
link
(antonhowes.substack.com)
Why didn’t we get the four-hour workday?
jasoncrawford
Jan 6, 2023, 9:29 PM
6
points
0
comments
5
min read
PF
link
(rootsofprogress.org)
Building Fast and Slow Part IV: Construction of the World Trade Center
briancpotter
Jan 6, 2023, 8:43 PM
5
points
0
comments
8
min read
PF
link
(constructionphysics.substack.com)
[Question]
Recommendations for things to read on well-run scientific labs?
krisgulati
Jan 6, 2023, 3:03 PM
3
points
4
comments
1
min read
PF
link
How to slow down scientific progress, according to Leo Szilard
jasoncrawford
Jan 5, 2023, 6:26 PM
6
points
1
comment
2
min read
PF
link
(rootsofprogress.org)
“In Praise of Fast Food” by Rachel Laudan
jasoncrawford
Jan 4, 2023, 6:38 PM
7
points
0
comments
1
min read
PF
link
(www.utne.com)
Jason’s links and tweets, 2023-01-04
jasoncrawford
Jan 4, 2023, 6:23 PM
4
points
0
comments
1
min read
PF
link
(rootsofprogress.org)
Who wants a gift subscription to Jim Pethokoukis’s Substack?
jasoncrawford
Jan 1, 2023, 10:19 PM
5
points
6
comments
1
min read
PF
link
The Roots of Progress’s 2022 in review
jasoncrawford
Jan 1, 2023, 2:54 AM
6
points
0
comments
15
min read
PF
link
(rootsofprogress.org)
Building Fast and Slow Part III: Design of the World Trade Center
briancpotter
Dec 30, 2022, 4:15 AM
3
points
0
comments
13
min read
PF
link
(constructionphysics.substack.com)
Age of Invention: Sweet on Savery
Anton Howes
Dec 30, 2022, 3:56 AM
2
points
0
comments
4
min read
PF
link
(antonhowes.substack.com)
Jason’s links and tweets, 2022-12-29
jasoncrawford
Dec 29, 2022, 10:17 PM
4
points
0
comments
1
min read
PF
link
(rootsofprogress.org)
Small signs you live in a complacent society
Daniel Frank
Dec 24, 2022, 1:53 AM
3
points
1
comment
1
min read
PF
link
(old.reddit.com)
The Foundational Tech Manifesto: What it will take to break through to America 2.0
Gary Sheng
Dec 22, 2022, 4:14 PM
17
points
10
comments
14
min read
PF
link
Think wider about the root causes of progress
jasoncrawford
Dec 21, 2022, 8:05 PM
16
points
8
comments
4
min read
PF
link
(rootsofprogress.org)
Jason’s links and tweets, 2022-12-20
jasoncrawford
Dec 21, 2022, 12:35 AM
6
points
0
comments
3
min read
PF
link
(rootsofprogress.org)
Beyond the moment of invention
jasoncrawford
Dec 16, 2022, 8:18 PM
9
points
1
comment
2
min read
PF
link
(rootsofprogress.org)
The Enemy’s Gate is Down: the State of NYC Housing Abundance
Daniel Golliher
Dec 16, 2022, 4:25 AM
10
points
2
comments
18
min read
PF
link
(maximumnewyork.com)
Building Fast and Slow Part II—The World Trade Center
briancpotter
Dec 16, 2022, 12:58 AM
5
points
0
comments
6
min read
PF
link
(constructionphysics.substack.com)
Maybe a little bit of naïveté is good.
elidourado
Dec 15, 2022, 3:00 PM
12
points
7
comments
1
min read
PF
link
Beyond a better world
David Manheim
Dec 14, 2022, 10:07 AM
3
points
0
comments
3
min read
PF
link
New Paths to Poetry
ethanedwards
Dec 14, 2022, 1:04 AM
4
points
1
comment
10
min read
PF
link
(ethanedwards.substack.com)
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