jasoncrawford

• jasoncrawfordMar 18, 2025, 5:21 PM

  1 point

  on: Re­sponses to Toby Ord’s ‘cri­tique’ of progress stud­ies?

  My first reaction was that this seems to be assuming a zero discount rate on the future. I haven’t had a chance to really dig into it though

Links and short notes, 2025-03-18

Links and short notes, 2025-03-10

• jasoncrawfordMar 5, 2025, 11:42 PM

  2 points

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

  Really enjoyed this book, it inspired me to start Roots of Progress! https://​​blog.rootsofprogress.org/​​the-idea-of-progress

Links and short notes, 2025-03-03

Links and short notes, 2025-02-17

The fu­ture of hu­man­ity is in management

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

Links and short notes, 2025-01-20

How sci-fi can have drama with­out dystopia or doomerism

Links and short notes, 2025-01-13

The Roots of Progress 2024 in review

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

A progress policy agenda

Links and short notes, 2024-12-16

Biolog­i­cal risk from the mir­ror world

• jasoncrawfordDec 10, 2024, 3:12 PM

  2 points

  on: Im­mi­gra­tion and Crime in the United States

  I would say both immigration and crime are relevant to progress!

Roots of Progress is hiring an event manager

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

Links and short notes, 2024-11-21: CP Snow on in­dus­trial liter­acy, cost-minus con­tract­ing, and more