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What is progress?
In one sense, it is simple and straightforward; in another, it contains an entire worldview
Mar 9
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Jason Crawford
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February 2024
Why you, personally, should want a larger human population
Also: Event, Feb 29: “Towards a New Philosophy of Progress” in Boston and on Zoom
Feb 23
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Jason Crawford
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Making every researcher seek grants is a broken model
Also: cellular reprogramming, pneumatic launch systems, and terraforming Mars
Feb 5
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Jason Crawford
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December 2023
2023 in review
A new fellowship program, an essay with interactive animated diagrams, 65,000 words of essays, over a dozen talks and interviews, and lots of reading
Dec 31, 2023
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Jason Crawford
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Accelerating science through evolvable institutions
If we want to see our scientific institutions improve, we need to make sure they can evolve
Dec 15, 2023
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Jason Crawford
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November 2023
Neither EA nor e/acc is what we need to build the future
Also, The origins of the steam engine: An essay with interactive animated diagrams
Nov 29, 2023
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Jason Crawford
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What I've been reading, November 2023
Also: Podcast interview with Giuliano Giacaglia
Nov 15, 2023
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Jason Crawford
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October 2023
What I've been reading, October 2023
Also: Podcast interview: Luminary.fm with Erik Cederwall and Sachin Gandhi
Oct 17, 2023
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September 2023
Announcing our 2023 blog-building fellows
Also: What I've been reading, September 2023
Sep 13, 2023
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Jason Crawford
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Bangalore meetups, Sep 5 and 6
Also: How ancient people manipulated water, and more
Sep 1, 2023
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August 2023
What does it mean to “trust science”?
Also: Jason Crawford in Bangalore, August 21 to September 8
Aug 17, 2023
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Jason Crawford
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What I've been reading, July–August 2023
Also: Help us expand the blog-building program to 5 more talented writers
Aug 9, 2023
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Jason Crawford
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