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Think wider about the root causes of progress
Also: 2022 in review, Build for Tomorrow podcast with Jason Feifer
Jason Crawford
Jan 2
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How to slow down scientific progress
Also: Why didn't we get the four-hour workday?
Jason Crawford
Jan 9
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The spiritual benefits of material progress
Also: Tyler Cowen AMA on the Progress Forum
Jason Crawford
Jan 20
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Beyond the moment of invention
Also: Announcing our incoming CEO
Jason Crawford
Dec 20, 2022
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From technocracy to the counterculture
Also: Panel discussion tomorrow on the world of 2050
Jason Crawford
Oct 26, 2022
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Should we “go against nature”?
Also: Two recent podcast interviews
Jason Crawford
Nov 6, 2022
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When should we be surprised that an invention took “so long”?
The question is only interesting if it took an abnormally long time. Here’s my model for this
Jason Crawford
Nov 16, 2022
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Announcing the Progress Forum
The new online home for the progress community
Jason Crawford
Nov 22, 2022
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Why Was Progress So Slow In The Past?
Also, an event with the Tony Blair Institute: How progress can go mainstream?
Jason Crawford
Sep 1, 2022
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American invention from the “heroic age” to the system-building era
Also: Video from the Foresight meetup; Vision Weekend 2022
Jason Crawford
Oct 6, 2022
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Technocracy and the Space Age
NASA's failed promises and the lost potential of space technology
Jason Crawford
Aug 1, 2022
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What happened to the idea of progress?
Also: Boston meetup on Wednesday; philosophy of safety
Jason Crawford
Sep 20, 2022
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