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Jason’s links digest, 2023-08-02: Superconductor edition
jasoncrawford
Aug 2, 2023, 8:27 PM
5
points
0
comments
3
min read
PF
link
(rootsofprogress.org)
The Roots of Progress Blog-Building Intensive: advice for applicants, request for support
jasoncrawford
Aug 2, 2023, 3:37 PM
5
points
0
comments
1
min read
PF
link
(rootsofprogress.org)
6 Minute Capitalist Meditation
Matt Ritter
Aug 2, 2023, 1:09 AM
2
points
1
comment
1
min read
PF
link
Jason’s links digest, 2023-07-28: The decadent opulence of modern capitalism
jasoncrawford
Jul 28, 2023, 2:36 PM
5
points
0
comments
3
min read
PF
link
(rootsofprogress.org)
Why no Roman Industrial Revolution?
jasoncrawford
Jul 26, 2023, 7:34 PM
4
points
1
comment
3
min read
PF
link
(rootsofprogress.org)
Podcasts: Future of Life Institute, Breakthrough Science Summit panel
jasoncrawford
Jul 26, 2023, 2:28 PM
5
points
0
comments
1
min read
PF
link
(rootsofprogress.org)
Jason’s links and tweets, 2023-07-20: “A goddess enthroned on a car”
jasoncrawford
Jul 20, 2023, 6:26 PM
5
points
0
comments
2
min read
PF
link
(rootsofprogress.org)
Highlights from The Industrial Revolution, by T. S. Ashton
jasoncrawford
Jul 17, 2023, 7:02 PM
4
points
0
comments
9
min read
PF
link
(rootsofprogress.org)
Misconceptions About Radical Lifespan Extension
arjunkhemani
Jul 16, 2023, 8:51 AM
4
points
0
comments
3
min read
PF
link
A Malthusian Explanation for Engels’ Pause? (Thoughts in Progress)
SamHughes
Jul 14, 2023, 10:13 PM
2
points
0
comments
4
min read
PF
link
Announcing The Roots of Progress Blog-Building Intensive
jasoncrawford
Jul 11, 2023, 2:04 PM
8
points
0
comments
1
min read
PF
link
(rootsofprogress.org)
Jason’s links and tweets, 2023-07-06: Terraformer Mark One, Israeli water management, & more
jasoncrawford
Jul 6, 2023, 3:35 PM
4
points
0
comments
2
min read
PF
link
(rootsofprogress.org)
If you wish to make an apple pie, you must first become dictator of the universe
jasoncrawford
Jul 5, 2023, 6:14 PM
5
points
0
comments
12
min read
PF
link
(rootsofprogress.org)
Building Back Nuclear in America—Looking to the Nuclear Navy
charlesxjyang
Jul 4, 2023, 4:33 PM
2
points
0
comments
3
min read
PF
link
Introducing the Progress Studies Fellowship
Dominic Sobhani
Jul 4, 2023, 3:09 AM
6
points
1
comment
1
min read
PF
link
Do not fear AI. Advance capability. Be optimistic.
AliceRoselia
Jul 1, 2023, 1:43 PM
1
point
0
comments
3
min read
PF
link
A Reflection on the Hunterian Museum: Not a menagerie of gore, but a fête of progress
alexandra balwit
Jun 30, 2023, 1:56 PM
2
points
0
comments
5
min read
PF
link
Jason’s links and tweets, 2023-06-28: “We can do big things again in Pennsylvania”
jasoncrawford
Jun 28, 2023, 8:23 PM
4
points
0
comments
1
min read
PF
link
(rootsofprogress.org)
Levels of safety for AI and other technologies
jasoncrawford
Jun 28, 2023, 6:35 PM
4
points
0
comments
2
min read
PF
link
(rootsofprogress.org)
The Weight of the Future (Why The Apocalypse Can Be A Relief)
Sable
Jun 27, 2023, 5:22 PM
1
point
0
comments
3
min read
PF
link
(affablyevil.substack.com)
We Rarely Lose Technology
etiennefd
Jun 25, 2023, 7:24 PM
3
points
2
comments
14
min read
PF
link
(etiennefd.substack.com)
If you wish to make an apple pie, you must first become dictator of the universe [draft for comment]
jasoncrawford
Jun 23, 2023, 2:04 AM
4
points
3
comments
11
min read
PF
link
(rootsofprogress.org)
The Bottleneck Theory of Everything
Travers Nisbet
Jun 22, 2023, 2:57 PM
4
points
0
comments
7
min read
PF
link
Jason’s links and tweets, 2023-06-21: Stewart Brand wants your comments
jasoncrawford
Jun 21, 2023, 8:52 PM
4
points
0
comments
1
min read
PF
link
(rootsofprogress.org)
Why is there a “safe driving” discount on car insurance, but not a “healthy living” discount for health insurance?
Heike Larson
Jun 19, 2023, 5:31 PM
2
points
0
comments
8
min read
PF
link
(heikelarson.substack.com)
[Question]
Has anyone written a short history of the new science/better science movement?
Max Görlitz
Jun 18, 2023, 1:48 PM
5
points
2
comments
1
min read
PF
link
A Report on Scientific Branch-Creation: How the Rockefeller Foundation helped bootstrap the field of molecular biology
Max Görlitz
Jun 18, 2023, 1:33 PM
8
points
0
comments
1
min read
PF
link
(www.freaktakes.com)
The environment as infrastructure
jasoncrawford
Jun 17, 2023, 6:42 PM
4
points
0
comments
1
min read
PF
link
(rootsofprogress.org)
Developing a technology with safety in mind: Lessons from the Wright Brothers
jasoncrawford
Jun 15, 2023, 9:08 PM
7
points
0
comments
3
min read
PF
link
(rootsofprogress.org)
Can we accelerate human progress? Moderated Conversation in NYC
jannikschg
Jun 15, 2023, 6:57 PM
5
points
0
comments
1
min read
PF
link
[Question]
Best sources for nuclear power policy recommendations?
Tom W
Jun 15, 2023, 3:42 PM
5
points
1
comment
1
min read
PF
link
Four Horsemen of Technological Change: Farmers, Elevator Operators, Coal Miners, Bank Tellers
ejz
Jun 14, 2023, 8:16 PM
4
points
1
comment
11
min read
PF
link
Jason’s links and tweets, 2023-06-14
jasoncrawford
Jun 14, 2023, 4:30 PM
4
points
0
comments
3
min read
PF
link
(rootsofprogress.org)
[Question]
Best data sources for tracking occupational change in real time?
2120eth
Jun 13, 2023, 2:34 PM
7
points
0
comments
1
min read
PF
link
AI Policy Proposals from Tony Blair and William Hague
tomwestgarth
Jun 13, 2023, 2:20 PM
5
points
0
comments
3
min read
PF
link
A plea for solutionism on AI safety
jasoncrawford
Jun 9, 2023, 4:29 PM
7
points
8
comments
6
min read
PF
link
(rootsofprogress.org)
if you’re reading this it’s too late (a new theory on what is causing the Great Stagnation)
rogersbacon
Jun 8, 2023, 11:52 AM
1
point
0
comments
13
min read
PF
link
Jason’s links and tweets, 2023-06-07
jasoncrawford
Jun 7, 2023, 11:26 PM
4
points
0
comments
1
min read
PF
link
(rootsofprogress.org)
New Living Literature Review
mattclancy
Jun 7, 2023, 2:16 PM
6
points
0
comments
1
min read
PF
link
What I’ve been reading, June 2023
jasoncrawford
Jun 5, 2023, 5:08 PM
4
points
0
comments
7
min read
PF
link
(rootsofprogress.org)
Jason’s links and tweets, 2023-06-01
jasoncrawford
Jun 1, 2023, 7:03 PM
4
points
0
comments
1
min read
PF
link
(rootsofprogress.org)
Podcast: Infinite Loops with Jim O’Shaughnessy
jasoncrawford
May 26, 2023, 3:12 PM
5
points
0
comments
1
min read
PF
link
(rootsofprogress.org)
The American Information Revolution in Global Perspective
jasoncrawford
May 26, 2023, 12:39 PM
4
points
0
comments
5
min read
PF
link
(rootsofprogress.org)
Jason’s links and tweets, 2023-05-23
jasoncrawford
May 23, 2023, 8:15 PM
4
points
0
comments
2
min read
PF
link
(rootsofprogress.org)
The Next Einstein Could Be From Anywhere: Why Developing Country Growth Matters for Progress
Jeffrey Mason
May 18, 2023, 3:16 PM
9
points
6
comments
8
min read
PF
link
What if they gave an Industrial Revolution and nobody came?
jasoncrawford
May 17, 2023, 7:41 PM
9
points
7
comments
18
min read
PF
link
(rootsofprogress.org)
Jason’s links and tweets, 2023-05-16
jasoncrawford
May 16, 2023, 8:53 PM
4
points
0
comments
1
min read
PF
link
(rootsofprogress.org)
Video: Intro to progress studies at Learning Night Boston
jasoncrawford
May 15, 2023, 8:09 PM
4
points
0
comments
1
min read
PF
link
(rootsofprogress.org)
Jason’s links and tweets, 2023-05-09
jasoncrawford
May 9, 2023, 8:22 PM
4
points
0
comments
2
min read
PF
link
(rootsofprogress.org)
Quote quiz answer
jasoncrawford
May 9, 2023, 1:27 PM
4
points
0
comments
4
min read
PF
link
(rootsofprogress.org)
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