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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)
The Art of Medical Progress
Tina Marsh Dalton
Oct 30, 2023, 5:59 PM
6
points
2
comments
4
min read
PF
link
Address to a Unitarian Universalist congregation on my Heritage
Matt Ritter
Oct 29, 2023, 12:07 AM
2
points
0
comments
2
min read
PF
link
Did Medieval Peasants Have More Vacation Time Than Us?
Maxwell Tabarrok
Oct 26, 2023, 11:53 PM
4
points
2
comments
9
min read
PF
link
Schadenfreude versus optimism in drug development
Alex Telford
Oct 26, 2023, 10:10 AM
2
points
0
comments
3
min read
PF
link
(atelfo.substack.com)
Industrial policy needs immigration reform
Connor O'Brien
Oct 26, 2023, 1:39 AM
2
points
0
comments
5
min read
PF
link
(regions.substack.com)
Should US states self-govern?
Elle Griffin
Oct 25, 2023, 1:30 PM
3
points
4
comments
4
min read
PF
link
(www.elysian.press)
Idea Feedback Request: Pneumatic Canopies For Large-Scale Climate Regulation
puniaviision
Oct 24, 2023, 8:04 PM
1
point
0
comments
3
min read
PF
link
FAA’s safety philosophy and progress in personal aviation
elidourado
Oct 23, 2023, 3:34 PM
8
points
1
comment
1
min read
PF
link
How does a society hedge its bets?
Connor O'Brien
Oct 20, 2023, 2:58 AM
3
points
2
comments
6
min read
PF
link
(regions.substack.com)
Should the UK embrace its role as an exporter of talent and ideas?
Alex Telford
Oct 19, 2023, 12:30 PM
2
points
0
comments
4
min read
PF
link
(atelfo.substack.com)
Where I have landed on “ideas getting harder to find”, in a nutshell
jasoncrawford
Oct 18, 2023, 11:13 PM
8
points
6
comments
1
min read
PF
link
Podcast interview: Luminary.fm with Erik Cederwall and Sachin Gandhi
jasoncrawford
Oct 17, 2023, 4:31 PM
4
points
0
comments
1
min read
PF
link
(rootsofprogress.org)
Big dreams and big questions in Utah
Tina Marsh Dalton
Oct 17, 2023, 2:45 PM
4
points
0
comments
4
min read
PF
link
(tinamarshdalton.substack.com)
Health Insurance Pricing: Battling the snake-heads of Hydra
Tina Marsh Dalton
Oct 17, 2023, 2:45 PM
3
points
3
comments
4
min read
PF
link
(tinamarshdalton.substack.com)
A peek at Utah’s universal healthcare attempt
Elle Griffin
Oct 17, 2023, 1:26 PM
2
points
0
comments
1
min read
PF
link
(www.elysian.press)
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
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