The Roots of Progress
The history of technology and the philosophy of progress—a digest of posts from rootsofprogress.org
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Packy McCormick, Not Boring by Packy McCormick
“Jason Crawford is one of the leading thinkers when it comes to Progress Studies, bringing an engineer's mindset to the history of innovation.”
Anton Howes, Age of Invention, by Anton Howes
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