How much does it cost to back up so­lar with bat­ter­ies?

jasoncrawford25 Mar 2025 16:35 UTC
5 points
0 comments4 min readPF link

Re­think­ing the Palm Oil Boycott

Julius22 Mar 2025 16:51 UTC
2 points
0 comments5 min readPF link

Links and short notes, 2025-03-18

jasoncrawford18 Mar 2025 17:14 UTC
5 points
0 comments3 min readPF link
(newsletter.rootsofprogress.org)

[Question] Re­sponses to Toby Ord’s ‘cri­tique’ of progress stud­ies?

Jelle Donders16 Mar 2025 15:54 UTC
2 points
3 comments1 min readPF link

Should we vote in non-de­ter­minis­tic elec­tions?

Bob Jacobs12 Mar 2025 8:57 UTC
2 points
0 comments9 min readPF link
(bobjacobs.substack.com)

Links and short notes, 2025-03-10

jasoncrawford10 Mar 2025 20:27 UTC
5 points
0 comments4 min readPF link
(newsletter.rootsofprogress.org)

The Selfish Ma­chine. Will Hu­man­ity Be Sub­ju­gated by Su­per­in­tel­li­gent AIs?

Maarten Boudry6 Mar 2025 20:23 UTC
1 point
0 comments11 min readPF link
(maartenboudry.substack.com)

Join Path­ways to Progress’s Book Dis­cus­sion on Joel Mokyr’s A Cul­ture of Growth: The Ori­gins of the Modern Economy

lmessner5 Mar 2025 23:35 UTC
3 points
1 comment1 min readPF link

Links and short notes, 2025-03-03

jasoncrawford4 Mar 2025 15:14 UTC
5 points
0 comments6 min readPF link
(newsletter.rootsofprogress.org)

Links and short notes, 2025-02-17

jasoncrawford17 Feb 2025 19:17 UTC
5 points
0 comments7 min readPF link
(newsletter.rootsofprogress.org)

Com­pa­nies are the new City-States

Elle Griffin10 Feb 2025 19:26 UTC
3 points
0 comments8 min readPF link
(www.elysian.press)

The fu­ture of hu­man­ity is in management

jasoncrawford30 Jan 2025 22:17 UTC
5 points
0 comments13 min readPF link
(newsletter.rootsofprogress.org)

Join Path­ways to Progress’s Book Dis­cus­sion in February

lmessner30 Jan 2025 7:58 UTC
2 points
0 comments1 min readPF link

Links and short notes, 2025-01-26: At­las Shrugged and the ir­re­place­able founder, pump­ing sta­tions and civic pride, and thoughts on the eve of AGI

jasoncrawford26 Jan 2025 20:52 UTC
5 points
0 comments3 min readPF link
(newsletter.rootsofprogress.org)

Links and short notes, 2025-01-20

jasoncrawford21 Jan 2025 16:10 UTC
5 points
0 comments1 min readPF link
(newsletter.rootsofprogress.org)

How sci-fi can have drama with­out dystopia or doomerism

jasoncrawford17 Jan 2025 15:21 UTC
5 points
0 comments3 min readPF link
(newsletter.rootsofprogress.org)

H-1B Visas and the Amer­i­can Economy

Lauren Gilbert14 Jan 2025 10:46 UTC
1 point
0 comments1 min readPF link
(www.laurenpolicy.com)

Linkpost: Ap­ply­ing tra­di­tional eco­nomic think­ing to AGI: a trilemma

Chris Leong14 Jan 2025 7:46 UTC
2 points
0 comments1 min readPF link

Links and short notes, 2025-01-13

jasoncrawford13 Jan 2025 18:34 UTC
5 points
0 comments3 min readPF link
(newsletter.rootsofprogress.org)

How to Be a Techno-Op­ti­mist for Animals

roberty2 Jan 2025 20:46 UTC
2 points
0 comments5 min readPF link

Art in­sight: How will we forge a bet­ter fu­ture?

Tina Marsh Dalton1 Jan 2025 14:15 UTC
2 points
0 comments2 min readPF link

The Roots of Progress 2024 in review

jasoncrawford1 Jan 2025 0:01 UTC
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

jasoncrawford27 Dec 2024 23:34 UTC
6 points
0 comments2 min readPF link
(newsletter.rootsofprogress.org)

A progress policy agenda

jasoncrawford19 Dec 2024 18:40 UTC
6 points
0 comments5 min readPF link
(newsletter.rootsofprogress.org)

Links and short notes, 2024-12-16

jasoncrawford16 Dec 2024 17:23 UTC
5 points
0 comments2 min readPF link
(newsletter.rootsofprogress.org)

Biolog­i­cal risk from the mir­ror world

jasoncrawford12 Dec 2024 19:06 UTC
5 points
0 comments6 min readPF link
(newsletter.rootsofprogress.org)

Im­mi­gra­tion and Crime in the United States

Lauren Gilbert10 Dec 2024 11:50 UTC
2 points
1 comment1 min readPF link
(www.laurenpolicy.com)

Roots of Progress is hiring an event manager

jasoncrawford4 Dec 2024 1:52 UTC
5 points
0 comments6 min readPF link
(rootsofprogress.notion.site)

Progress in Public Transit

Andrew Miller3 Dec 2024 18:55 UTC
2 points
0 comments1 min readPF link

Join Path­ways to Progress’s Book Dis­cus­sion in December

lmessner3 Dec 2024 4:16 UTC
1 point
0 comments1 min readPF link

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

jasoncrawford25 Nov 2024 18:25 UTC
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

jasoncrawford21 Nov 2024 18:56 UTC
5 points
0 comments1 min readPF link
(newsletter.rootsofprogress.org)

Grid defec­tion is com­ing to California

smflem12 Nov 2024 21:17 UTC
2 points
0 comments12 min readPF link

Lev­ers for Biolog­i­cal Progress

Niko1 Nov 2024 16:09 UTC
4 points
0 comments20 min readPF link

The Case for En­ergy Dynamism

smflem31 Oct 2024 16:19 UTC
2 points
0 comments6 min readPF link

Join Path­ways to Progress’s Book Dis­cus­sion in November

lmessner26 Oct 2024 18:01 UTC
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 Faulks24 Oct 2024 20:43 UTC
1 point
0 comments2 min readPF link

Big tech tran­si­tions are slow (with im­pli­ca­tions for AI)

jasoncrawford24 Oct 2024 14:25 UTC
6 points
0 comments3 min readPF link
(blog.rootsofprogress.org)

The Price of Progress

Max Olson15 Oct 2024 16:44 UTC
2 points
1 comment3 min readPF link
(futureblind.com)

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

Lauren Gilbert15 Oct 2024 15:37 UTC
1 point
0 comments1 min readPF link
(laurenpolicy.substack.com)

The AI Re­spon­si­bil­ity Dilemma

Julius11 Oct 2024 21:21 UTC
1 point
0 comments5 min readPF link

The Uber-iza­tion of Electricity

smflem10 Oct 2024 18:01 UTC
2 points
0 comments8 min readPF link

To Be Born in a Bag

Niko6 Oct 2024 17:11 UTC
3 points
0 comments16 min readPF link

The grid is built for one thing

smflem3 Oct 2024 17:42 UTC
2 points
0 comments6 min readPF link

The real data wall is billions of years of evolution

dynomight3 Oct 2024 15:40 UTC
3 points
1 comment1 min readPF link
(dynomight.net)

Air Con­di­tion­ing Is A Sur­vival Technology

Lauren Gilbert2 Oct 2024 16:37 UTC
2 points
0 comments1 min readPF link
(laurenpolicy.substack.com)

Join Path­ways to Progress’s Book Dis­cus­sion in October

lmessner29 Sep 2024 12:54 UTC
1 point
0 comments1 min readPF link

How I Learned to Stop Wor­ry­ing and Love Diet Coke

Julius27 Sep 2024 21:06 UTC
3 points
0 comments8 min readPF link

Car­bon cap­ture is an en­ergy problem

smflem26 Sep 2024 15:29 UTC
2 points
0 comments8 min readPF link

Or­well Was Right About Progress

Andrew Miller24 Sep 2024 14:29 UTC
3 points
0 comments7 min readPF link
(changinglanesnewsletter.substack.com)