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The Roots of Progress 2020 year-end review
When life was literally full of crap
What is “protein folding”? A brief explanation
Progress, stagnation, and flying cars
My review of The Rise and Fall of American Growth
Is technology actually making things better? A dialogue
The Roots of Progress subscription: what would you be interested in?
Wednesday: Adam Mossoff on the philosophy and law of the patent system
Study Group for Progress – 50% off
Why haven't we celebrated any major achievements lately?
Announcing the Study Group for Progress
“What world do you want to build?” My interview with Build the Future
Tomorrow: Progress studies in K-12 education with Ray Girn, Lisa VanDamme and Kyle Steele
Crowdfunding a transcontinental railroad in 1857
Tomorrow: Joel Mokyr on “Attitudes, Aptitudes, and Progress: How the Modern Age Got Started”
What should I ask Deirdre McCloskey, author of the Bourgeois Era trilogy?
Sunday: Panel on optimism with Tammy Winter & Trevor McKendrick
Max Roser Wednesday; panel on optimism June 28
Patrick Collison Wednesday; video of Tyler Cowen
Tyler Cowen, Patrick Collison, Max Roser, and Deirdre McCloskey on “The Torch of Progress”
Tomorrow: New interview series begins, “The Torch of Progress”
Sunday: Panel discussion on funding research
Saturday: Live interview about the field of progress studies
My current obsession: funding for research
Funding models for science and invention
TONIGHT: Live interview on the race for a COVID-19 cure and the history of medicine
Studying agriculture, with the garage door up
Funding models, leadership, and coronavirus
Our best weapons against disease don't work on COVID-19
How early American inventors funded their ventures
Epistemic standards for “Why did it take so long to invent X?”
Some things that happened in 1973
How sanitation conquered disease long before vaccines or antibiotics
Podcast interview: Palladium with Ash Milton
Podcast interview: Market Power with Craig Palsson
SF event Friday: The Roots of Progress at Long Now happy hour