The Roots of Progress

A newsletter about abundance and building a better world.

Start your day with pragmatic takes on politics and public policy.

History & Technology

Deeply researched interviews

Trying to understand the implications of AI for work, education, and life. By Prof. Ethan Mollick

Ideas for progress in economics, science, and technology. Subscribe for updates about Poor Charlie's Almanack and other forthcoming Stripe Press books and events.

Steven Adler, ex-OpenAI safety researcher, analyzes major AI news, policy, and research - and what's needed for an actually exciting AI future.

Raising a family that can matter. I write about what that takes and why — because I want you to build your own.

Writing about how narratives, aesthetics, culture and vibes shape the future.

northseaanalytics.com Freelance Researcher

Essays about the political economy of advanced AI.

Illuminating the "WHYs?!" of health care and the economics behind it all- maybe even with some optimism and humor!

Accessible analysis of the big issues in AI

P(A|B) = [P(A)*P(B|A)]/P(B), all the rest is commentary.

What academia knows* about innovation

Economics and other interesting stuff

Exploring urbanism, housing, and how to make cities work for everyone

History’s Open Secrets explores crucial, yet overlooked, truths of history, challenging mainstream narratives by unveiling powerful facts, untold stories, and misunderstood historical figures and events.

A blog exploring ideas

culture & progress in Europe

Discovering, creating, and inventing a better world through technological innovation, economic growth, and pro-progress culture.

writing, thinking, and interpreting technological modernity through a humanistic lens across china, silicon valley, and the global ai age.

science and existential angst

A world made of gears. Doing both speed premium short term updates and long term world model building. Currently focused on weekly AI updates. Explorations include AI, policy, rationality, medicine and fertility, education and games.

All things progress and growth from the Abundance and Growth Fund team at Coefficient Giving.

Building a new environmental paradigm through analyses and essays on politics, nuclear energy, agriculture, critical minerals, permitting reform, and much more. The Ecomodernist is a publication of the Breakthrough Institute.

A look at the exams of yesterday

Frameworks to help you make sense of agriculture, at just the right depth

Deep writing about biology.

Understand the world of today to prepare for the world of tomorrow: AI, tech, longevity, fertility, the future of democracy, energy, education, and more

Evidence and argument for a developing world

How policymakers get things done

Economist working on housing and replication.

A road to cheap nuclear which humanity can and must have to solve energy poverty and global warming.

Be prepared for radical interdisciplinarity: science + technology + complexity + humanities + wonder.

Rational Techno-Optimism for Agriculture and Food

Infrastructure policy, the history of communism and dog racing.

Africa Jobs Fund catalyzes organizations in export manufacturing and international labor mobility to cost-effectively boost incomes for Africans.

Whereof one cannot speak, thereof one must write blog posts

New ideas for Ireland

Exploring the ways we can build more good things, for people and nature

Updates on Speculative Technologies, new research institutions, and more broadly improving how we turn science fiction into reality.

A think tank centered on orienting education toward a culture of excellence.

Maximum Progress is a blog by Max Tabarrok on economics, science, philosophy, and progress.

Navigate the future of mobility, AI, and innovation, with insights for investors, decision-makers, and futurists.

Fears about old things when they were new

A newsletter from author Steven Johnson exploring where good ideas come from—and how to keep them from turning against us.

A newsletter about emerging technology and the future of governance.