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This 1959 ad shows the flying-car future we were promised
Sunday: The Story of Industrial Civilization, Session 8
The Roots of Progress has been recognized as a 501(c)(3) non-profit
San Diego community meetup / happy hour, December 1
Why old stoves that last 100 years are worse than modern ones
Austin events with The Roots of Progress, November 4–6
The role of progress in defending liberalism
Interview: Idea Machines with Ben Reinhardt
Vox on progress studies: “one of the more intriguing intellectual movements out there”
Session 5 of The Story of Industrial Civilization
The Roots of Progress is now a nonprofit organization
Why I'm a proud solutionist (in MIT Tech Review)
Winston Churchill predicted artificial wombs and lab-grown meat
Why did we wait so long for the threshing machine?
How counting neutrons explains nuclear waste
Did the Industrial Revolution decrease costs or increase quality?
We need a career path for invention
Why has nuclear been a flop? Also: research assistant wanted!
Highlights from The Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie
I'm writing a book! And hosting a discussion series on it
“Pump” Carpenter and the grain binder
Exponential growth is the baseline