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The Curse of Plenty

mattclancyMay 5, 2022, 4:06 AM

5 points

8 comments4 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

jasoncrawfordJan 26, 2025, 8:52 PM

5 points

0 comments3 min readPF link

(newsletter.rootsofprogress.org)

Building Fast and Slow Part II—The World Trade Center

briancpotterDec 16, 2022, 12:58 AM

5 points

0 comments6 min readPF link

(constructionphysics.substack.com)

The Industrial Revolution That Almost Was: Proto-Industrialization in Bengal

etiennefdJul 1, 2022, 1:00 AM

5 points

0 comments20 min readPF link

(etiennefd.substack.com)

The Cosmos Institute launches

jasoncrawfordSep 4, 2024, 7:36 PM

5 points

0 comments1 min readPF link

Book Review: Owning the Earth, a history of land ownership

ejzMay 17, 2022, 2:15 PM

5 points

1 comment3 min readPF link

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)

The Countercultural Optimism of Progress Studies

Paul MatzkoMay 17, 2022, 5:11 PM

5 points

0 comments1 min readPF link

One week left to apply for the Roots of Progress Blog-Building Intensive

jasoncrawfordMay 30, 2024, 4:54 PM

5 points

0 comments3 min readPF link

(rootsofprogress.org)

Who wants a gift subscription to Jim Pethokoukis’s Substack?

jasoncrawfordJan 1, 2023, 10:19 PM

5 points

6 comments1 min readPF link

Building Fast and Slow Part IV: Construction of the World Trade Center

briancpotterJan 6, 2023, 8:43 PM

5 points

0 comments8 min readPF link

(constructionphysics.substack.com)

Podcast: Infinite Loops with Jim O’Shaughnessy

jasoncrawfordMay 26, 2023, 3:12 PM

5 points

0 comments1 min readPF link

(rootsofprogress.org)

Japanese Political Economy and Industrial Policy

charlesxjyangJan 12, 2023, 9:11 PM

5 points

1 comment10 min readPF link

Why Patents? The History and Evidence

ejzDec 28, 2023, 8:59 PM

5 points

6 comments9 min readPF link

The origins of the steam engine: An essay with interactive animated diagrams

jasoncrawfordNov 29, 2023, 6:30 PM

5 points

0 comments1 min readPF link

(rootsofprogress.org)

From the Archives: Lessons From Cotton’s Slow-Motion Robot Takeover (with a bonus material from 1928!)

Virginia PostrelMay 18, 2022, 5:54 PM

5 points

0 comments7 min readPF link

(vpostrel.substack.com)

The future of humanity is in management

jasoncrawfordJan 30, 2025, 10:17 PM

5 points

0 comments13 min readPF link

(newsletter.rootsofprogress.org)

What I’ve been reading, November 2023

jasoncrawfordNov 7, 2023, 1:37 PM

5 points

0 comments5 min readPF link

(rootsofprogress.org)

Bottlenecks of Aging—new report by the Amaranth Foundation

Alex TelfordNov 14, 2023, 7:30 PM

5 points

0 comments1 min readPF link

(amaranth.foundation)

[Question] Has anyone written a short history of the new science/better science movement?

Max GörlitzJun 18, 2023, 1:48 PM

5 points

2 comments1 min readPF link

Jason’s links and tweets, 2023-05-03

jasoncrawfordMay 3, 2023, 4:23 PM

4 points

0 comments2 min readPF link

(rootsofprogress.org)

Can we “cure” cancer?

jasoncrawfordFeb 1, 2023, 10:03 PM

4 points

5 comments2 min readPF link

(rootsofprogress.org)

Jason’s links and tweets, 2023-02-01

jasoncrawfordFeb 2, 2023, 2:24 AM

4 points

0 comments1 min readPF link

(rootsofprogress.org)

This Can Go On—Pt. 1: The Simmer Scenario

Dwarkesh PatelJul 30, 2022, 11:50 PM

4 points

0 comments6 min readPF link

(www.dwarkeshpatel.com)

Space colonization and the closed material economy

Arturo MaciasFeb 2, 2023, 2:56 PM

4 points

3 comments2 min readPF link

Jason’s links and tweets, 2022-08-02

jasoncrawfordAug 2, 2022, 5:03 PM

4 points

0 comments1 min readPF link

(rootsofprogress.org)

When do ideas get easier to find?

ericgilliamMay 20, 2022, 9:57 PM

4 points

3 comments20 min readPF link

(freaktakes.substack.com)

Tonight: Live on the Yaron Brook Show

jasoncrawfordFeb 9, 2023, 1:58 PM

4 points

0 comments1 min readPF link

(youtu.be)

What Jason has been reading, May 2023: “Protopia,” complex systems, Daedalus vs. Icarus, and more

jasoncrawfordMay 5, 2023, 7:54 PM

4 points

0 comments11 min readPF link

(rootsofprogress.org)

Today’s backwater, tomorrow’s superstar

Connor O'BrienOct 16, 2023, 11:16 PM

4 points

0 comments3 min readPF link

(regions.substack.com)

First Nations Special Economic Zones

Richard BrunsFeb 14, 2023, 4:25 PM

4 points

7 comments2 min readPF link

What I’ve been reading, October 2023: The stirrup in Europe, 19th-century art deco, and more

jasoncrawfordOct 11, 2023, 4:11 PM

4 points

0 comments11 min readPF link

(rootsofprogress.org)

Video: Intro to progress studies at Learning Night Boston

jasoncrawfordMay 15, 2023, 8:09 PM

4 points

0 comments1 min readPF link

(rootsofprogress.org)

A New Materials Paradigm Is Overdue

tsungxuAug 11, 2022, 10:11 PM

4 points

4 comments18 min readPF link

(www.tsungxu.com)

Death is the default: Why building is our safest way forward

Gena GorlinMay 21, 2022, 7:11 PM

4 points

1 comment8 min readPF link

(genagorlin.substack.com)

Jason’s links digest, 2023-09-01: How ancient people manipulated water, and more

jasoncrawfordSep 1, 2023, 4:33 AM

4 points

0 comments6 min readPF link

(rootsofprogress.org)

Quote quiz: “drifting into dependence”

jasoncrawfordApr 27, 2023, 3:13 PM

4 points

4 comments1 min readPF link

(rootsofprogress.org)

Jason’s links and tweets, 2023-05-16

jasoncrawfordMay 16, 2023, 8:53 PM

4 points

0 comments1 min readPF link

(rootsofprogress.org)

This Can’t Go On

BrownHairedEeveeMay 23, 2022, 1:09 AM

4 points

0 comments1 min readPF link

(www.cold-takes.com)

Boston event: Learning Night at Aeronaut Brewing, May 1

jasoncrawfordApr 24, 2023, 5:33 PM

4 points

0 comments1 min readPF link

(lu.ma)

Guarantee Funds / Leveraged Philanthropy

Anton HowesApr 29, 2022, 5:56 PM

4 points

3 comments1 min readPF link

The Democracy of the Future

tomaspueyoMay 27, 2022, 12:53 AM

4 points

3 comments15 min readPF link

Jason’s links and tweets, 2022-09-08

jasoncrawfordSep 8, 2022, 8:42 PM

4 points

2 comments1 min readPF link

(rootsofprogress.org)

Jason Crawford in Bangalore, August 21 to September 8

jasoncrawfordAug 16, 2023, 1:36 PM

4 points

1 comment1 min readPF link

(rootsofprogress.org)

Science and Tech Policy Agenda (Tony Blair and Lord Hague proposal)

tomwestgarthMar 5, 2023, 3:37 PM

4 points

0 comments3 min readPF link

(institute.global)

What’s the Right Policy Default for AI?

AdamThiererMay 27, 2022, 2:34 PM

4 points

1 comment1 min readPF link

Two more Bangalore meetups, Sep 5 and 6

jasoncrawfordAug 31, 2023, 4:28 AM

4 points

0 comments1 min readPF link

(rootsofprogress.org)

Jason’s links digest, 2023-08-09:US adds new nuclear, Katalin Karikó interview, and more

jasoncrawfordAug 9, 2023, 7:21 PM

4 points

0 comments3 min readPF link

(rootsofprogress.org)

Towards a philosophy of safety

jasoncrawfordSep 16, 2022, 9:10 PM

4 points

0 comments8 min readPF link

(rootsofprogress.org)

What happened to the idea of progress?

jasoncrawfordSep 20, 2022, 7:56 PM

4 points

0 comments1 min readPF link

(bigthink.com)