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Links and short notes, 2025-12-19
Claude’s soul, industrial leapfrogging, slop from the 1700s, the genius of Jeff Dean, and much more
Dec 19
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Jason Crawford
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Links and short notes, 2025-05-31
Fellowship deadline tomorrow! Edge Esmeralda next week! and lots more
May 31
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Jason Crawford
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Links and short notes, 2025-04-23
Impossible sci-fi nonsense, the shadow of the Great War, heliocentrism, the bottom-up abundance agenda, institutional sclerosis, and more
Apr 23
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Jason Crawford
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Links and short notes, 2025-03-18
The 150-year history of d/acc, a $120M progress fund, fertility on demand, 19th-century kids' sci-fi, the real lesson of Cassandra’s curse, giving the…
Mar 18
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Jason Crawford
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Links and short notes, 2025-03-10
A visible sonic boom, AI in SaaS, progress on permitting reform, fewer tornado deaths, the closing of the frontier, Rousseau and Kant vs. the Age of…
Mar 10
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Jason Crawford
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Links and short notes, 2025-03-03
Progress studies in university and high school, a positive supply shock for truth, the hinge of history, Dean Ball on AI liability, Kevin Kelly on the…
Mar 3
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Jason Crawford
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Links and short notes, 2025-02-17
I go away for three weeks and everyone announces everything
Feb 17
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Jason Crawford
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Links and short notes, 2025-01-26
Atlas Shrugged and the irreplaceable founder, pumping stations and civic pride, thoughts on the eve of AGI, skyways for the suburbs, and more
Jan 26
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Jason Crawford
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Links and short notes, 2025-01-20
New magazines and podcasts, the printing press and the Internet, the ultimate form of travel, grand plans for San Francisco, an AI tutor for Nigeria…
Jan 20
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Jason Crawford
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Links and short notes, 2025-01-13
Comments on the wildfires, why kissing a nuclear waste cask is fine, one weird trick to fight NIMBYs, the case of the missing statues, Eli Dourado's…
Jan 13
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Jason Crawford
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Links and short notes, 2024-12-27
Clinical trial abundance, an AI course assistant, grid-scale fusion, “Live Gloriously,” off-grid solar for data centers, permitting vs. compliance…
Dec 27, 2024
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Jason Crawford
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Links and short notes, 2024-12-16
Brain mapping, walkable cities, progress on the curriculum, and much more
Dec 16, 2024
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Jason Crawford
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