How to Be a Techno-Op­ti­mist for Animals

robertyJan 2, 2025, 8:46 PM
1 point
0 comments5 min readPF link

Art in­sight: How will we forge a bet­ter fu­ture?

Tina Marsh DaltonJan 1, 2025, 2:15 PM
2 points
0 comments2 min readPF link

The Roots of Progress 2024 in review

jasoncrawfordJan 1, 2025, 12:01 AM
6 points
0 comments11 min readPF link
(newsletter.rootsofprogress.org)

Links and short notes, 2024-12-27: Clini­cal trial abun­dance, grid-scale fu­sion, per­mit­ting vs. com­pli­ance, cross­word ma­nia, and more

jasoncrawfordDec 27, 2024, 11:34 PM
6 points
0 comments2 min readPF link
(newsletter.rootsofprogress.org)

A progress policy agenda

jasoncrawfordDec 19, 2024, 6:40 PM
6 points
0 comments5 min readPF link
(newsletter.rootsofprogress.org)

Links and short notes, 2024-12-16

jasoncrawfordDec 16, 2024, 5:23 PM
5 points
0 comments2 min readPF link
(newsletter.rootsofprogress.org)

Biolog­i­cal risk from the mir­ror world

jasoncrawfordDec 12, 2024, 7:06 PM
5 points
0 comments6 min readPF link
(newsletter.rootsofprogress.org)

Im­mi­gra­tion and Crime in the United States

Lauren GilbertDec 10, 2024, 11:50 AM
2 points
1 comment1 min readPF link
(www.laurenpolicy.com)

Roots of Progress is hiring an event manager

jasoncrawfordDec 4, 2024, 1:52 AM
5 points
0 comments6 min readPF link
(rootsofprogress.notion.site)

Progress in Public Transit

Andrew MillerDec 3, 2024, 6:55 PM
2 points
0 comments1 min readPF link

Join Path­ways to Progress’s Book Dis­cus­sion in December

lmessnerDec 3, 2024, 4:16 AM
1 point
0 comments1 min readPF link

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)