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Progress Conference reflections and 2025 plans (we’re hiring!)

jasoncrawfordNov 25, 2024, 6:25 PM

6 points

0 comments1 min readPF link

(newsletter.rootsofprogress.org)

Links and short notes, 2024-11-21: CP Snow on industrial literacy, cost-minus contracting, and more

jasoncrawfordNov 21, 2024, 6:56 PM

5 points

0 comments1 min readPF link

(newsletter.rootsofprogress.org)

Grid defection is coming to California

smflemNov 12, 2024, 9:17 PM

2 points

0 comments12 min readPF link

Levers for Biological Progress

NikoNov 1, 2024, 4:09 PM

4 points

0 comments20 min readPF link

The Case for Energy Dynamism

smflemOct 31, 2024, 4:19 PM

2 points

0 comments6 min readPF link

Join Pathways to Progress’s Book Discussion in November

lmessnerOct 26, 2024, 6:01 PM

1 point

0 comments1 min readPF link

If There Is Only One Scenario Where Human Agency Still Matters, We Should Act On the Premise That It Exists

Karl FaulksOct 24, 2024, 8:43 PM

1 point

0 comments2 min readPF link

Big tech transitions are slow (with implications for AI)

jasoncrawfordOct 24, 2024, 2:25 PM

6 points

0 comments3 min readPF link

(blog.rootsofprogress.org)

The Price of Progress

Max OlsonOct 15, 2024, 4:44 PM

2 points

1 comment3 min readPF link

(futureblind.com)

Reading glasses might be one of the best buys in global health.

Lauren GilbertOct 15, 2024, 3:37 PM

1 point

0 comments1 min readPF link

(laurenpolicy.substack.com)

The AI Responsibility Dilemma

JuliusOct 11, 2024, 9:21 PM

1 point

0 comments5 min readPF link

The Uber-ization of Electricity

smflemOct 10, 2024, 6:01 PM

2 points

0 comments8 min readPF link

To Be Born in a Bag

NikoOct 6, 2024, 5:11 PM

3 points

0 comments16 min readPF link

The grid is built for one thing

smflemOct 3, 2024, 5:42 PM

2 points

0 comments6 min readPF link

 The real data wall is billions of years of evolution

dynomightOct 3, 2024, 3:40 PM

3 points

1 comment1 min readPF link

(dynomight.net)

Air Conditioning Is A Survival Technology

Lauren GilbertOct 2, 2024, 4:37 PM

2 points

0 comments1 min readPF link

(laurenpolicy.substack.com)

Join Pathways to Progress’s Book Discussion in October

lmessnerSep 29, 2024, 12:54 PM

1 point

0 comments1 min readPF link

How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Diet Coke

JuliusSep 27, 2024, 9:06 PM

3 points

0 comments8 min readPF link

Carbon capture is an energy problem

smflemSep 26, 2024, 3:29 PM

2 points

0 comments8 min readPF link

Orwell Was Right About Progress

Andrew MillerSep 24, 2024, 2:29 PM

3 points

0 comments7 min readPF link

(changinglanesnewsletter.substack.com)

Making Eggs Without Ovaries

NikoSep 22, 2024, 5:48 PM

2 points

0 comments16 min readPF link

Why good things often don’t lead to better outcomes

Daniel FrankSep 19, 2024, 2:41 PM

1 point

0 comments4 min readPF link

(danfrank.ca)

Some recent grants, contests, events, job openings, etc.

jasoncrawfordSep 19, 2024, 1:23 PM

5 points

0 comments1 min readPF link

(blog.rootsofprogress.org)

How to choose what to work on

jasoncrawfordSep 18, 2024, 8:39 PM

5 points

0 comments3 min readPF link

(blog.rootsofprogress.org)

Technology is not stagnating, but science is

Jonah MessingerSep 17, 2024, 8:54 PM

1 point

0 comments1 min readPF link

(seekingscientificrevolutions.substack.com)

Europe Should Require Foods Be Fortified With Folate

Lauren GilbertSep 17, 2024, 12:24 PM

2 points

0 comments1 min readPF link

(laurenpolicy.substack.com)

When Do We Celebrate?

JuliusSep 14, 2024, 7:19 AM

2 points

0 comments11 min readPF link

Test-time compute scaling for OpenAI o1 is a huge deal

Matt RitterSep 12, 2024, 8:01 PM

4 points

0 comments1 min readPF link

The Promise of Hot Bricks

smflemSep 12, 2024, 6:41 PM

2 points

0 comments8 min readPF link

Coal mining’s improved safety in the past 80 years

IlverinSep 12, 2024, 3:49 PM

1 point

0 comments1 min readPF link

(www.washingtonpost.com)

Consciousness will slip through our fingers

dynomightSep 12, 2024, 3:21 PM

2 points

0 comments8 min readPF link

(dynomight.net)

Forever Building Tunnels

Robert TolanSep 8, 2024, 4:12 AM

2 points

0 comments6 min readPF link

A review of Seeing Like a State in six tweets

jasoncrawfordSep 5, 2024, 6:51 PM

5 points

0 comments1 min readPF link

(blog.rootsofprogress.org)

The Cosmos Institute launches

jasoncrawfordSep 4, 2024, 7:36 PM

5 points

0 comments1 min readPF link

Join Pathways to Progress’s Book Discussion in September

lmessnerSep 4, 2024, 5:52 PM

2 points

0 comments1 min readPF link

The Case for Positive-Sum Environmentalism

grantmulliganSep 4, 2024, 1:53 PM

2 points

1 comment3 min readPF link

Tesla Isn’t Going to Succeed in Robotaxis

Andrew MillerSep 3, 2024, 8:03 PM

3 points

0 comments8 min readPF link

AI Policy Should Prioritize Visibility Into Trajectories

Steve NewmanSep 1, 2024, 2:17 PM

2 points

0 comments5 min readPF link

Lessons from San Francisco’s Doom Loop

Jeff FongSep 1, 2024, 2:17 PM

2 points

0 comments4 min readPF link

(www.urbanproxima.com)

Why Brain Drain Isn’t Something We Should Worry About

Lauren GilbertSep 1, 2024, 2:17 PM

2 points

0 comments1 min readPF link

(laurenpolicy.substack.com)

Anti-AI Bias: Unreasonably Great Expectations

JuliusAug 30, 2024, 5:49 PM

2 points

0 comments4 min readPF link

Accelerate the energy transition by doing less

smflemAug 30, 2024, 2:01 PM

2 points

0 comments5 min readPF link

Nursing doubts: Is breastfeeding good?

dynomightAug 29, 2024, 6:02 PM

4 points

2 comments9 min readPF link

(dynomight.net)

Day Zero Antivirals for Future Pandemics

NikoAug 26, 2024, 3:20 PM

4 points

0 comments10 min readPF link

(www.asimov.press)

Dude, where is my self-driving train?

Kevin KohlerAug 26, 2024, 11:02 AM

2 points

4 comments5 min readPF link

(machinocene.substack.com)

Quick look: applications of chaos theory

ElizabethAug 20, 2024, 5:53 PM

2 points

3 comments8 min readPF link

(acesounderglass.com)

Will we ever run out of new jobs?

Kevin KohlerAug 19, 2024, 3:09 PM

2 points

2 comments8 min readPF link

(machinocene.substack.com)

[Question] Does progress studies have anything relevant to say to the study of meditation/Buddhism?

Chris LeongAug 14, 2024, 10:35 AM

2 points

0 comments1 min readPF link

Linkpost: The EA-Progress Studies War is Here, and It’s a Constructive Dialogue!

Chris LeongAug 14, 2024, 10:29 AM

2 points

0 comments1 min readPF link

(asteriskmag.com)

Linkpost: Development in Progress, The Consilience Project

Chris LeongAug 14, 2024, 10:28 AM

2 points

0 comments1 min readPF link

(consilienceproject.org)