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Ja­son’s links di­gest, 2023-09-01: How an­cient peo­ple ma­nipu­lated wa­ter, and more

jasoncrawfordSep 1, 2023, 4:33 AM
4 points
0 comments6 min readPF link
(rootsofprogress.org)

Two more Ban­ga­lore mee­tups, Sep 5 and 6

jasoncrawfordAug 31, 2023, 4:28 AM
4 points
0 comments1 min readPF link
(rootsofprogress.org)

What Traits Im­pact The Money-to-Hap­piness Con­ver­sion?

Isaac BensonAug 29, 2023, 10:56 PM
6 points
0 comments5 min readPF link

[Question] Does the Progress Move­ment agree with Singer’s Drown­ing Child Ar­gu­ment?

Isaac BensonAug 29, 2023, 7:00 PM
3 points
2 comments1 min readPF link

How to help if you work in av­er­age com­pany?

peterAug 26, 2023, 8:51 AM
2 points
1 comment1 min readPF link

The Ci­ti­zens Law Degree

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

Progress to­ward what? Un­der­stand­ing nor­ma­tive val­ues in Pro­gres Studies

elsehowAug 21, 2023, 6:58 PM
3 points
3 comments2 min readPF link

Ja­son’s links di­gest, 2023-08-17: Cloud seed­ing, robotic sculp­tors, and rogue planets

jasoncrawfordAug 17, 2023, 8:29 PM
5 points
0 comments4 min readPF link
(rootsofprogress.org)

An­nounc­ing Fore­sight In­sti­tute’s AI Safety Grants Program

AllisonDuettmannAug 17, 2023, 5:32 PM
2 points
0 comments1 min readPF link

What does it mean to “trust sci­ence”?

jasoncrawfordAug 16, 2023, 2:55 PM
5 points
0 comments1 min readPF link
(rootsofprogress.org)

Ja­son Crawford in Ban­ga­lore, Au­gust 21 to Septem­ber 8

jasoncrawfordAug 16, 2023, 1:36 PM
4 points
1 comment1 min readPF link
(rootsofprogress.org)

Ja­son’s links di­gest, 2023-08-09:US adds new nu­clear, Katalin Kar­ikó in­ter­view, and more

jasoncrawfordAug 9, 2023, 7:21 PM
4 points
0 comments3 min readPF link
(rootsofprogress.org)

What I’ve been read­ing, July–Au­gust 2023

jasoncrawfordAug 7, 2023, 2:22 PM
5 points
2 comments12 min readPF link
(rootsofprogress.org)

Ja­son’s links di­gest, 2023-08-02: Su­per­con­duc­tor edition

jasoncrawfordAug 2, 2023, 8:27 PM
5 points
0 comments3 min readPF link
(rootsofprogress.org)

The Roots of Progress Blog-Build­ing In­ten­sive: ad­vice for ap­pli­cants, re­quest for support

jasoncrawfordAug 2, 2023, 3:37 PM
5 points
0 comments1 min readPF link
(rootsofprogress.org)

6 Minute Cap­i­tal­ist Meditation

Matt RitterAug 2, 2023, 1:09 AM
2 points
1 comment1 min readPF link

Ja­son’s links di­gest, 2023-07-28: The deca­dent op­u­lence of mod­ern capitalism

jasoncrawfordJul 28, 2023, 2:36 PM
5 points
0 comments3 min readPF link
(rootsofprogress.org)

Why no Ro­man In­dus­trial Revolu­tion?

jasoncrawfordJul 26, 2023, 7:34 PM
4 points
1 comment3 min readPF link
(rootsofprogress.org)

Pod­casts: Fu­ture of Life In­sti­tute, Break­through Science Sum­mit panel

jasoncrawfordJul 26, 2023, 2:28 PM
5 points
0 comments1 min readPF link
(rootsofprogress.org)

Ja­son’s links and tweets, 2023-07-20: “A god­dess en­throned on a car”

jasoncrawfordJul 20, 2023, 6:26 PM
5 points
0 comments2 min readPF link
(rootsofprogress.org)

High­lights from The In­dus­trial Revolu­tion, by T. S. Ashton

jasoncrawfordJul 17, 2023, 7:02 PM
4 points
0 comments9 min readPF link
(rootsofprogress.org)

Mis­con­cep­tions About Rad­i­cal Lifes­pan Extension

arjunkhemaniJul 16, 2023, 8:51 AM
4 points
0 comments3 min readPF link

A Malthu­sian Ex­pla­na­tion for En­gels’ Pause? (Thoughts in Progress)

SamHughesJul 14, 2023, 10:13 PM
2 points
0 comments4 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)

Ja­son’s links and tweets, 2023-07-06: Ter­raformer Mark One, Is­raeli wa­ter man­age­ment, & more

jasoncrawfordJul 6, 2023, 3:35 PM
4 points
0 comments2 min readPF link
(rootsofprogress.org)

If you wish to make an ap­ple pie, you must first be­come dic­ta­tor of the universe

jasoncrawfordJul 5, 2023, 6:14 PM
5 points
0 comments12 min readPF link
(rootsofprogress.org)

Build­ing Back Nu­clear in Amer­ica—Look­ing to the Nu­clear Navy

charlesxjyangJul 4, 2023, 4:33 PM
2 points
0 comments3 min readPF link

In­tro­duc­ing the Progress Stud­ies Fellowship

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

Do not fear AI. Ad­vance ca­pa­bil­ity. Be op­ti­mistic.

AliceRoseliaJul 1, 2023, 1:43 PM
1 point
0 comments3 min readPF link

A Reflec­tion on the Hun­te­rian Mu­seum: Not a menagerie of gore, but a fête of progress

alexandra balwitJun 30, 2023, 1:56 PM
2 points
0 comments5 min readPF link

Ja­son’s links and tweets, 2023-06-28: “We can do big things again in Penn­syl­va­nia”

jasoncrawfordJun 28, 2023, 8:23 PM
4 points
0 comments1 min readPF link
(rootsofprogress.org)

Levels of safety for AI and other technologies

jasoncrawfordJun 28, 2023, 6:35 PM
4 points
0 comments2 min readPF link
(rootsofprogress.org)

The Weight of the Fu­ture (Why The Apoca­lypse Can Be A Relief)

SableJun 27, 2023, 5:22 PM
1 point
0 comments3 min readPF link
(affablyevil.substack.com)

We Rarely Lose Technology

etiennefdJun 25, 2023, 7:24 PM
3 points
2 comments14 min readPF link
(etiennefd.substack.com)

If you wish to make an ap­ple pie, you must first be­come dic­ta­tor of the uni­verse [draft for com­ment]

jasoncrawfordJun 23, 2023, 2:04 AM
4 points
3 comments11 min readPF link
(rootsofprogress.org)

The Bot­tle­neck The­ory of Everything

Travers NisbetJun 22, 2023, 2:57 PM
4 points
0 comments7 min readPF link

Ja­son’s links and tweets, 2023-06-21: Ste­wart Brand wants your comments

jasoncrawfordJun 21, 2023, 8:52 PM
4 points
0 comments1 min readPF link
(rootsofprogress.org)

Why is there a “safe driv­ing” dis­count on car in­surance, but not a “healthy liv­ing” dis­count for health in­surance?

Heike LarsonJun 19, 2023, 5:31 PM
2 points
0 comments8 min readPF link
(heikelarson.substack.com)

[Question] Has any­one writ­ten a short his­tory of the new sci­ence/​bet­ter sci­ence move­ment?

Max GörlitzJun 18, 2023, 1:48 PM
5 points
2 comments1 min readPF link

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)

The en­vi­ron­ment as infrastructure

jasoncrawfordJun 17, 2023, 6:42 PM
4 points
0 comments1 min readPF link
(rootsofprogress.org)

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

jasoncrawford15 Jun 2023 21:08 UTC
7 points
0 comments3 min readPF link
(rootsofprogress.org)

Can we ac­cel­er­ate hu­man progress? Moder­ated Con­ver­sa­tion in NYC

jannikschg15 Jun 2023 18:57 UTC
5 points
0 comments1 min readPF link

[Question] Best sources for nu­clear power policy recom­men­da­tions?

Tom W15 Jun 2023 15:42 UTC
5 points
1 comment1 min readPF link

Four Horse­men of Tech­nolog­i­cal Change: Farm­ers, Ele­va­tor Oper­a­tors, Coal Min­ers, Bank Tellers

ejz14 Jun 2023 20:16 UTC
4 points
1 comment11 min readPF link

Ja­son’s links and tweets, 2023-06-14

jasoncrawford14 Jun 2023 16:30 UTC
4 points
0 comments3 min readPF link
(rootsofprogress.org)

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

2120eth13 Jun 2023 14:34 UTC
7 points
0 comments1 min readPF link

AI Policy Pro­pos­als from Tony Blair and William Hague

tomwestgarth13 Jun 2023 14:20 UTC
5 points
0 comments3 min readPF link

A plea for solu­tion­ism on AI safety

jasoncrawford9 Jun 2023 16:29 UTC
7 points
8 comments6 min readPF link
(rootsofprogress.org)

if you’re read­ing this it’s too late (a new the­ory on what is caus­ing the Great Stag­na­tion)

rogersbacon8 Jun 2023 11:52 UTC
1 point
0 comments13 min readPF link