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Today’s backwater, tomorrow’s superstar
Connor O'Brien
Oct 16, 2023, 11:16 PM
4
points
0
comments
3
min read
PF
link
(regions.substack.com)
Marc Andreessen pens “Techno-Optimist Manifesto.” Discuss
jasoncrawford
Oct 16, 2023, 2:16 PM
6
points
17
comments
1
min read
PF
link
(a16z.com)
[Question]
Solved and Unsolved Externality problems?
SebastianG
Oct 15, 2023, 3:10 AM
5
points
3
comments
1
min read
PF
link
Meta-Regulations
Sable
Oct 13, 2023, 9:26 PM
3
points
2
comments
9
min read
PF
link
(affablyevil.substack.com)
Jason’s links digest, 2023-10-12: Dyson sphere thermodynamics and a cure for cavities
jasoncrawford
Oct 13, 2023, 12:41 AM
5
points
0
comments
10
min read
PF
link
(rootsofprogress.org)
Something Is Getting Harder To Find But It’s Not Ideas
Maxwell Tabarrok
Oct 11, 2023, 5:16 PM
8
points
6
comments
6
min read
PF
link
(maximumprogress.substack.com)
What I’ve been reading, October 2023: The stirrup in Europe, 19th-century art deco, and more
jasoncrawford
Oct 11, 2023, 4:11 PM
4
points
0
comments
11
min read
PF
link
(rootsofprogress.org)
Radical Energy Abundance
Casey Handmer
Oct 10, 2023, 7:28 PM
18
points
15
comments
12
min read
PF
link
Working Draft of Getting the Conditions Right: Progress in Weather Forecasting
Jeremy
Oct 10, 2023, 12:59 AM
3
points
0
comments
9
min read
PF
link
Does the Vegas Sphere Mark the End of Monument Stagnation?
Maxwell Tabarrok
Oct 7, 2023, 5:58 PM
5
points
0
comments
2
min read
PF
link
(maximumprogress.substack.com)
From link posting to engaging with ideas: Making the Progress Forum a place for intellectual growth
Heike Larson
Oct 3, 2023, 9:37 PM
3
points
0
comments
1
min read
PF
link
[Question]
US State Income vs. Federal Income
Elle Griffin
Sep 19, 2023, 7:21 PM
2
points
4
comments
1
min read
PF
link
Announcing the 2023 Roots of Progress blog-building fellows
Heike Larson
Sep 13, 2023, 6:40 PM
3
points
0
comments
2
min read
PF
link
(rootsofprogress.org)
Science Despite the Fragility of Scientists
Matt Ritter
Sep 9, 2023, 1:24 AM
3
points
0
comments
1
min read
PF
link
Jason’s links digest, 2023-09-08: The Conservative Futurist, cargo airships, and more
jasoncrawford
Sep 8, 2023, 5:48 PM
8
points
0
comments
5
min read
PF
link
(rootsofprogress.org)
It’s Time for Greater San Francisco
ejz
Sep 8, 2023, 3:31 PM
7
points
4
comments
15
min read
PF
link
What I’ve been reading, September 2023
jasoncrawford
Sep 6, 2023, 9:32 AM
5
points
0
comments
5
min read
PF
link
(rootsofprogress.org)
Jason’s links digest, 2023-09-01: How ancient people manipulated water, and more
jasoncrawford
Sep 1, 2023, 4:33 AM
4
points
0
comments
6
min read
PF
link
(rootsofprogress.org)
Two more Bangalore meetups, Sep 5 and 6
jasoncrawford
Aug 31, 2023, 4:28 AM
4
points
0
comments
1
min read
PF
link
(rootsofprogress.org)
What Traits Impact The Money-to-Happiness Conversion?
Isaac Benson
Aug 29, 2023, 10:56 PM
6
points
0
comments
5
min read
PF
link
[Question]
Does the Progress Movement agree with Singer’s Drowning Child Argument?
Isaac Benson
Aug 29, 2023, 7:00 PM
3
points
2
comments
1
min read
PF
link
How to help if you work in average company?
peter
Aug 26, 2023, 8:51 AM
2
points
1
comment
1
min read
PF
link
The Citizens Law Degree
Daniel Golliher
Aug 25, 2023, 5:16 PM
8
points
4
comments
4
min read
PF
link
(www.maximumnewyork.com)
Progress toward what? Understanding normative values in Progres Studies
elsehow
Aug 21, 2023, 6:58 PM
3
points
3
comments
2
min read
PF
link
Jason’s links digest, 2023-08-17: Cloud seeding, robotic sculptors, and rogue planets
jasoncrawford
Aug 17, 2023, 8:29 PM
5
points
0
comments
4
min read
PF
link
(rootsofprogress.org)
Announcing Foresight Institute’s AI Safety Grants Program
AllisonDuettmann
Aug 17, 2023, 5:32 PM
2
points
0
comments
1
min read
PF
link
What does it mean to “trust science”?
jasoncrawford
Aug 16, 2023, 2:55 PM
5
points
0
comments
1
min read
PF
link
(rootsofprogress.org)
Jason Crawford in Bangalore, August 21 to September 8
jasoncrawford
Aug 16, 2023, 1:36 PM
4
points
1
comment
1
min read
PF
link
(rootsofprogress.org)
Jason’s links digest, 2023-08-09:US adds new nuclear, Katalin Karikó interview, and more
jasoncrawford
Aug 9, 2023, 7:21 PM
4
points
0
comments
3
min read
PF
link
(rootsofprogress.org)
What I’ve been reading, July–August 2023
jasoncrawford
Aug 7, 2023, 2:22 PM
5
points
2
comments
12
min read
PF
link
(rootsofprogress.org)
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)
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