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California Whatever? Scoffing Is Easy, Building Is Harder.
Ryan Puzycki
Jan 23, 2024, 2:50 PM
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0
comments
4
min read
PF
link
(www.ryanpuzycki.com)
Today Is the Best Time To Be Born, Despite Climate Change
Maarten Boudry
Jan 22, 2024, 6:55 PM
2
points
0
comments
11
min read
PF
link
(maartenboudry.substack.com)
Against the Burden of Knowledge
Maxwell Tabarrok
Jan 20, 2024, 2:39 PM
2
points
0
comments
5
min read
PF
link
(maximumprogress.substack.com)
Electric Vehicles and renewable electricity
Arturo Macias
Jan 18, 2024, 6:34 PM
2
points
1
comment
5
min read
PF
link
Report on the Desirability of Science Given Risks from New Biotech
mattclancy
Jan 17, 2024, 7:50 PM
6
points
1
comment
4
min read
PF
link
(forum.effectivealtruism.org)
Blog: What is industrial policy for, anyway?
Connor O'Brien
Jan 16, 2024, 6:16 PM
3
points
0
comments
7
min read
PF
link
(www.cojobrien.com)
Notes on Differential Technological Development
Chris Leong
Jan 14, 2024, 4:09 PM
6
points
1
comment
1
min read
PF
link
(michaelnotebook.com)
Land Reclamation is in the 9th Circle of Stagnation Hell
Maxwell Tabarrok
Jan 12, 2024, 1:38 PM
3
points
0
comments
2
min read
PF
link
(maximumprogress.substack.com)
Introducing Pathways to Progress
lmessner
Jan 12, 2024, 11:19 AM
3
points
0
comments
1
min read
PF
link
What is the role of the humanities in progress? Some speculative ideas...
Henry Oliver
Jan 10, 2024, 8:20 PM
2
points
0
comments
2
min read
PF
link
Health Insurance in Children’s Lit!? A study of Black Beauty
Tina Marsh Dalton
Jan 9, 2024, 8:24 PM
3
points
0
comments
2
min read
PF
link
(tinamarshdalton.substack.com)
The role of literature in progress
Henry Oliver
Jan 9, 2024, 1:08 PM
1
point
0
comments
1
min read
PF
link
The Engine of Progress: Why Growth Matters
Philip Skogsberg
Jan 6, 2024, 12:50 PM
2
points
2
comments
21
min read
PF
link
Cellular reprogramming, pneumatic launch systems, and terraforming Mars: Some things I learned about at Foresight Vision Weekend
jasoncrawford
Jan 4, 2024, 7:33 PM
7
points
1
comment
8
min read
PF
link
(rootsofprogress.org)
Making the Micropipette
alexandra balwit
Jan 2, 2024, 2:15 PM
2
points
0
comments
10
min read
PF
link
The Roots of Progress 2023 in review
jasoncrawford
Dec 31, 2023, 6:16 PM
6
points
0
comments
11
min read
PF
link
(rootsofprogress.org)
Jason’s links digest, 2023-12-29: Rayleigh’s oil drop experiment and more
jasoncrawford
Dec 29, 2023, 4:22 PM
4
points
0
comments
6
min read
PF
link
(rootsofprogress.org)
Why Patents? The History and Evidence
ejz
Dec 28, 2023, 8:59 PM
5
points
6
comments
9
min read
PF
link
Don’t be scared by the AI fearmongering.
AliceRoselia
Dec 23, 2023, 8:34 PM
0
points
1
comment
4
min read
PF
link
Progress towards what?
Brandon Griggs
Dec 18, 2023, 5:04 PM
1
point
0
comments
1
min read
PF
link
(techforlife.substack.com)
Rejecting Our Faustian Bargain
madelinezimmerman
Dec 18, 2023, 2:16 PM
2
points
0
comments
1
min read
PF
link
(kinetic.reviews)
Jason’s links digest, 2023-12-15: Vitalik on d/acc, $100M+ in prizes, and more
jasoncrawford
Dec 15, 2023, 3:52 PM
4
points
0
comments
12
min read
PF
link
(rootsofprogress.org)
Contra Scott on Abolishing the FDA
Maxwell Tabarrok
Dec 15, 2023, 2:02 PM
2
points
0
comments
6
min read
PF
link
(maximumprogress.substack.com)
Infrastructure is the Concealed Wiring of Civilization
Jeremy
Dec 12, 2023, 8:33 PM
2
points
0
comments
5
min read
PF
link
It’s time to rethink “retirement”
Elle Griffin
Dec 11, 2023, 8:23 PM
2
points
4
comments
3
min read
PF
link
(www.elysian.press)
The Offense-Defense Balance Rarely Changes
Maxwell Tabarrok
Dec 9, 2023, 3:22 PM
8
points
2
comments
3
min read
PF
link
(maximumprogress.substack.com)
Accelerating science through evolvable institutions
jasoncrawford
Dec 4, 2023, 11:21 PM
4
points
9
comments
6
min read
PF
link
(rootsofprogress.org)
One weird trick to attract startups to your city
Connor O'Brien
Dec 1, 2023, 6:23 PM
4
points
0
comments
3
min read
PF
link
Why Did NEPA Peak in 2016?
Maxwell Tabarrok
Dec 1, 2023, 4:17 PM
2
points
0
comments
3
min read
PF
link
(maximumprogress.substack.com)
The origins of the steam engine: An essay with interactive animated diagrams
jasoncrawford
Nov 29, 2023, 6:30 PM
5
points
0
comments
1
min read
PF
link
(rootsofprogress.org)
“Capitalism”: talking past each other
Yarrow B.
Nov 27, 2023, 9:37 PM
2
points
0
comments
2
min read
PF
link
Digital nomads are opening borders
Elle Griffin
Nov 27, 2023, 7:43 PM
1
point
0
comments
7
min read
PF
link
(www.elysian.press)
Fertility as Metascience
Maxwell Tabarrok
Nov 25, 2023, 3:38 PM
3
points
0
comments
3
min read
PF
link
(maximumprogress.substack.com)
Jason’s links digest, 2023-11-24: Bottlenecks of aging, Starship launches, and much more
jasoncrawford
Nov 24, 2023, 3:25 PM
4
points
0
comments
14
min read
PF
link
(rootsofprogress.org)
The Odyssean Process
Christopher Chan
Nov 24, 2023, 3:09 PM
3
points
0
comments
1
min read
PF
link
(www.odysseaninstitute.org)
Neither EA nor e/acc is what we need to build the future
jasoncrawford
Nov 22, 2023, 3:56 PM
6
points
15
comments
3
min read
PF
link
(rootsofprogress.org)
Drought is a Policy Choice
Laura London
Nov 19, 2023, 3:54 PM
4
points
0
comments
8
min read
PF
link
Why is the government letting private firms outspend them on the world’s most important externality?
Maxwell Tabarrok
Nov 17, 2023, 1:08 PM
2
points
0
comments
3
min read
PF
link
(maximumprogress.substack.com)
Forget About Overpopulation, Soon There Will Be Too Few Humans
Maarten Boudry
Nov 17, 2023, 3:48 AM
3
points
2
comments
6
min read
PF
link
Podcast interview with Giuliano Giacaglia
jasoncrawford
Nov 14, 2023, 8:50 PM
4
points
0
comments
1
min read
PF
link
(rootsofprogress.org)
Bottlenecks of Aging—new report by the Amaranth Foundation
Alex Telford
Nov 14, 2023, 7:30 PM
5
points
0
comments
1
min read
PF
link
(amaranth.foundation)
Banning self-driving cars will not atone for urban planning’s sins
Connor O'Brien
Nov 12, 2023, 7:34 PM
3
points
1
comment
4
min read
PF
link
Jason’s links digest, 2023-11-07: Techno-optimism and more
jasoncrawford
Nov 8, 2023, 2:05 AM
4
points
0
comments
11
min read
PF
link
(rootsofprogress.org)
What I’ve been reading, November 2023
jasoncrawford
Nov 7, 2023, 1:37 PM
5
points
0
comments
5
min read
PF
link
(rootsofprogress.org)
Taylor Swift doesn’t want her photo taken
Elle Griffin
Nov 3, 2023, 3:06 PM
1
point
0
comments
9
min read
PF
link
(www.elysian.press)
Why Governments Can’t be Trusted to Protect the Long-run Future
Maxwell Tabarrok
Nov 3, 2023, 2:05 PM
3
points
3
comments
5
min read
PF
link
(maximumprogress.substack.com)
Baby busting myths about shortages
Tina Marsh Dalton
Nov 1, 2023, 8:58 PM
2
points
2
comments
1
min read
PF
link
What if we split the US into city-states?
Elle Griffin
Nov 1, 2023, 8:14 PM
2
points
0
comments
1
min read
PF
link
(www.elysian.press)
Commensal Institutions
Sable
Nov 1, 2023, 4:02 PM
1
point
3
comments
3
min read
PF
link
(affablyevil.substack.com)
A paradox at the heart of American bureaucracy
Connor O'Brien
Nov 1, 2023, 1:52 PM
2
points
0
comments
4
min read
PF
link
(regions.substack.com)
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