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Jason’s links digest, 2023-09-08: The Conservative Futurist, cargo airships, and more

jasoncrawfordSep 8, 2023, 5:48 PM

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0 comments5 min readPF link

(rootsofprogress.org)

A Report on Scientific Branch-Creation: How the Rockefeller Foundation helped bootstrap the field of molecular biology

Max GörlitzJun 18, 2023, 1:33 PM

8 points

0 comments1 min readPF link

(www.freaktakes.com)

Reinventing the wheel

jasoncrawfordJun 4, 2022, 10:39 PM

8 points

0 comments2 min readPF link

(rootsofprogress.org)

AMA: Bryan Bishop, Biohacker & Founder of Custodia Bank

kanzureApr 10, 2023, 6:18 PM

8 points

17 comments1 min readPF link

The Book of T: An Exegesis of The Greatest Paper in Economic History

daviskedroskyJun 3, 2022, 7:44 PM

8 points

1 comment8 min readPF link

(daviskedrosky.substack.com)

Where I have landed on “ideas getting harder to find”, in a nutshell

jasoncrawfordOct 18, 2023, 11:13 PM

8 points

6 comments1 min readPF link

Launching: Scaling Knowledge—A new substack about epistemology, AI, startups, and progress

Moritz WallawitschNov 28, 2022, 8:51 PM

8 points

0 comments1 min readPF link

Progress studies as an (incomplete) “idea machine”

jasoncrawfordMay 13, 2022, 2:14 PM

8 points

6 comments2 min readPF link

Nature of progress in Deep Learning

karpathyMay 15, 2022, 2:43 AM

8 points

4 comments2 min readPF link

Why you, personally, should want a larger human population

jasoncrawfordFeb 23, 2024, 7:48 PM

8 points

2 comments5 min readPF link

(rootsofprogress.org)

The epistemic virtue of scope matching

jasoncrawfordMar 16, 2023, 10:08 PM

8 points

1 comment4 min readPF link

(rootsofprogress.org)

The Offense-Defense Balance Rarely Changes

Maxwell TabarrokDec 9, 2023, 3:22 PM

8 points

2 comments3 min readPF link

(maximumprogress.substack.com)

Announcing The Roots of Progress Blog-Building Intensive

jasoncrawfordJul 11, 2023, 2:04 PM

8 points

0 comments1 min readPF link

(rootsofprogress.org)

FAA’s safety philosophy and progress in personal aviation

elidouradoOct 23, 2023, 3:34 PM

8 points

1 comment1 min readPF link

About us and FAQ

Ross GrahamMar 27, 2022, 4:27 AM

8 points

7 comments2 min readPF link

Can submarines swim? (In which I demystify artificial intelligence)

jasoncrawfordFeb 22, 2023, 6:47 PM

7 points

0 comments13 min readPF link

(rootsofprogress.org)

The Comment Policy Is “Victorian Sufi Buddha Lite”

jasoncrawfordFeb 15, 2023, 2:37 PM

7 points

0 comments2 min readPF link

(slatestarcodex.com)

How this forum can build up a canon of progress thinking over the long term

jasoncrawfordMay 21, 2022, 7:40 PM

7 points

0 comments1 min readPF link

How curing aging could help progress

jasoncrawfordMay 22, 2022, 10:43 PM

7 points

7 comments1 min readPF link

(rootsofprogress.org)

It’s Time for Greater San Francisco

ejzSep 8, 2023, 3:31 PM

7 points

4 comments15 min readPF link

Can growth continue?

jasoncrawfordMay 27, 2022, 4:14 PM

7 points

2 comments3 min readPF link

(rootsofprogress.org)

Where is “Progress Studies” Going?

AdamThiererApr 23, 2022, 7:43 PM

7 points

9 comments5 min readPF link

[Question] Why is there no equivalent of the VC industry, but for patentable inventions instead of startups?

jasoncrawfordMay 9, 2022, 5:31 PM

7 points

7 comments1 min readPF link

Talent sorting in Germany is flawed

Simon GrimmNov 23, 2022, 12:09 AM

7 points

7 comments6 min readPF link

Developing a technology with safety in mind: Lessons from the Wright Brothers

jasoncrawfordJun 15, 2023, 9:08 PM

7 points

0 comments3 min readPF link

(rootsofprogress.org)

Comparing process improvement in manufacturing and construction: Duco vs Drywall

briancpotterNov 19, 2022, 1:29 AM

7 points

0 comments7 min readPF link

(constructionphysics.substack.com)

Age of Invention: The Bourgeois Supremacy

Anton HowesJan 28, 2023, 12:18 AM

7 points

0 comments6 min readPF link

(antonhowes.substack.com)

Intellectual Property Is Worse Than You Think

Maxwell TabarrokMay 10, 2022, 10:19 PM

7 points

4 comments4 min readPF link

Jason’s links and tweets, 2023-01-25

jasoncrawfordJan 25, 2023, 4:00 PM

7 points

0 comments1 min readPF link

(rootsofprogress.org)

Why Wasn’t the Steam Engine Invented Earlier? Part I

Anton HowesJun 14, 2022, 5:44 PM

7 points

4 comments11 min readPF link

(antonhowes.substack.com)

State capacity eats interest rates for lunch

elidouradoJun 16, 2022, 12:53 AM

7 points

3 comments1 min readPF link

(www.thecgo.org)

AMA: Mark Khurana, author of The Trajectory of Discovery, creator of Untold Health

M KhuranaMar 24, 2023, 6:31 PM

7 points

16 comments1 min readPF link

It’s time to build: A New World’s Fair

Cameron WieseMay 5, 2022, 12:03 AM

7 points

5 comments5 min readPF link

(www.cameronwiese.com)

A plea for solutionism on AI safety

jasoncrawfordJun 9, 2023, 4:29 PM

7 points

8 comments6 min readPF link

(rootsofprogress.org)

Who regulates the regulators? We need to go beyond the review-and-approval paradigm

jasoncrawfordMay 4, 2023, 10:11 PM

7 points

3 comments13 min readPF link

(rootsofprogress.org)

Age of Invention: The Pull of Cities

Anton HowesJan 6, 2023, 10:32 PM

7 points

2 comments7 min readPF link

(antonhowes.substack.com)

“In Praise of Fast Food” by Rachel Laudan

jasoncrawfordJan 4, 2023, 6:38 PM

7 points

0 comments1 min readPF link

(www.utne.com)

[Question] Best data sources for tracking occupational change in real time?

2120ethJun 13, 2023, 2:34 PM

7 points

0 comments1 min readPF link

Do we get better or worse at adapting to change?

jasoncrawfordApr 6, 2023, 2:42 PM

7 points

4 comments3 min readPF link

(rootsofprogress.org)

Progress and Disabilities

Taylor BarkleyJul 7, 2022, 10:41 PM

7 points

2 comments7 min readPF link

Interview with me on Hear this Idea with Fin Moorhouse and Luca Righetti

jasoncrawfordMay 17, 2022, 9:05 PM

7 points

4 comments1 min readPF link

When should an idea that smells like research be a startup?

Benjamin ReinhardtMay 18, 2022, 12:26 AM

7 points

1 comment10 min readPF link

(parpa.substack.com)

Safe Stasis Fallacy

David ManheimFeb 5, 2024, 11:09 AM

7 points

1 comment1 min readPF link

Cellular reprogramming, pneumatic launch systems, and terraforming Mars: Some things I learned about at Foresight Vision Weekend

jasoncrawfordJan 4, 2024, 7:33 PM

7 points

1 comment8 min readPF link

(rootsofprogress.org)

Retrofuturism Is Futurism Done Well

etiennefdMay 19, 2022, 5:08 PM

6 points

0 comments7 min readPF link

(etiennefd.substack.com)

A 21st Century Progress Myth

elliehainFeb 15, 2023, 1:44 PM

6 points

11 comments2 min readPF link

Marc Andreessen pens “Techno-Optimist Manifesto.” Discuss

jasoncrawfordOct 16, 2023, 2:16 PM

6 points

17 comments1 min readPF link

(a16z.com)

What Traits Impact The Money-to-Happiness Conversion?

Isaac BensonAug 29, 2023, 10:56 PM

6 points

0 comments5 min readPF link

Jason’s links and tweets, 2023-03-01

jasoncrawfordMar 1, 2023, 8:33 PM

6 points

0 comments1 min readPF link

(rootsofprogress.org)

A Progress Studies History of Early MIT — Part 1: Training the engineers who built the country

ericgilliamJul 28, 2022, 10:58 PM

6 points

1 comment27 min readPF link

(freaktakes.substack.com)