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Tech­nolog­i­cal progress

TagLast edit: 21 Apr 2022 19:28 UTC by jasoncrawford

Progress in inventions, processes, and techniques.

Think wider about the root causes of progress

jasoncrawford21 Dec 2022 20:05 UTC
16 points
8 comments4 min readPF link
(rootsofprogress.org)

When should we be sur­prised that an in­ven­tion took “so long”?

jasoncrawford16 Nov 2022 20:04 UTC
6 points
0 comments4 min readPF link
(rootsofprogress.org)

The New Ver­tigo Years

Antonomon29 Jun 2025 4:10 UTC
1 point
0 comments16 min readPF link
(novum.substack.com)

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

jasoncrawford29 Nov 2023 18:30 UTC
5 points
0 comments1 min readPF link
(rootsofprogress.org)

The Amer­i­can In­for­ma­tion Revolu­tion in Global Perspective

jasoncrawford26 May 2023 12:39 UTC
4 points
0 comments5 min readPF link
(rootsofprogress.org)

The Next Ein­stein Could Be From Any­where: Why Devel­op­ing Coun­try Growth Mat­ters for Progress

Jeffrey Mason18 May 2023 15:16 UTC
9 points
6 comments8 min readPF link

In­tro­duc­ing the AI Ob­jec­tives In­sti­tute’s Re­search: Differ­en­tial Paths to­ward Safe and Benefi­cial AI

cmck8 May 2023 2:22 UTC
3 points
0 comments8 min readPF link

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

jasoncrawford22 Feb 2023 18:47 UTC
7 points
0 comments13 min readPF link
(rootsofprogress.org)

Can we “cure” can­cer?

jasoncrawford1 Feb 2023 22:03 UTC
4 points
5 comments2 min readPF link
(rootsofprogress.org)

Where are all the robots?

Rohit Krishnan25 Jan 2023 20:33 UTC
4 points
0 comments9 min readPF link
(www.strangeloopcanon.com)

“Hereti­cal Thoughts on AI” by Eli Dourado

𝕮𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖗𝖆19 Jan 2023 16:39 UTC
6 points
2 comments5 min readPF link
(www.elidourado.com)

Re­turn to Earth: How two re­fugees es­tab­lished the tech­nol­ogy in­dus­try in Taiwan and India

Niloy Gupta6 Dec 2022 5:58 UTC
4 points
0 comments16 min readPF link
(dreamsofprogress.substack.com)

Are Tech­nolo­gies Inevitable?

mattclancy18 Nov 2022 3:00 UTC
4 points
0 comments3 min readPF link
(www.newthingsunderthesun.com)

Age of In­ven­tion: The Bea­cons are Lit!

Anton Howes15 Nov 2022 19:08 UTC
5 points
0 comments16 min readPF link
(antonhowes.substack.com)

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

jasoncrawford17 May 2022 21:05 UTC
7 points
4 comments1 min readPF link

Amer­i­can in­ven­tion from the “heroic age” to the sys­tem-build­ing era

jasoncrawford6 Oct 2022 17:19 UTC
5 points
0 comments10 min readPF link
(rootsofprogress.org)

Progress and Disabilities

Taylor Barkley7 Jul 2022 22:41 UTC
7 points
2 comments7 min readPF link

Why was progress so slow in the past?

jasoncrawford1 Sep 2022 20:26 UTC
5 points
3 comments6 min readPF link
(rootsofprogress.org)

Eng­ineer and the Saint: A Pol­ish en­g­ineer’s pur­suit to de­sign the perfect spin­ning wheel for Ma­hatma Gandhi

Niloy Gupta3 Aug 2022 13:49 UTC
2 points
0 comments8 min readPF link
(docs.google.com)

Tech­noc­racy and the Space Age

jasoncrawford26 Jul 2022 23:14 UTC
4 points
0 comments2 min readPF link
(rootsofprogress.org)

Bot­tling Lightning

Benjamin Reinhardt20 Jul 2022 17:28 UTC
17 points
0 comments11 min readPF link

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

Anton Howes14 Jun 2022 17:44 UTC
7 points
4 comments11 min readPF link
(antonhowes.substack.com)

Rein­vent­ing the wheel

jasoncrawford4 Jun 2022 22:39 UTC
8 points
0 comments2 min readPF link
(rootsofprogress.org)

[Question] Why did In­tel­lec­tual Ven­tures’s the­sis about patents fail?

jasoncrawford9 May 2022 17:41 UTC
3 points
1 comment1 min readPF link

What’s the Right Policy De­fault for AI?

AdamThierer27 May 2022 14:34 UTC
4 points
1 comment1 min readPF link

One Process

ganeumann23 May 2022 1:14 UTC
11 points
2 comments11 min readPF link
(reactionwheel.net)

Is In­no­va­tion in Hu­man Na­ture?

Anton Howes23 May 2022 1:11 UTC
14 points
7 comments3 min readPF link
(www.antonhowes.com)

The Ter­ra­punk Man­i­festo—a So­larpunk alternative

Jack Nasjaq18 May 2022 20:59 UTC
20 points
6 comments10 min readPF link
(nasjaq.substack.com)

How cur­ing ag­ing could help progress

jasoncrawford22 May 2022 22:43 UTC
7 points
7 comments1 min readPF link
(rootsofprogress.org)