Progress Studies

how do we make progress?

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Why We Stopped Making Einsteins

Erik Hoel erikhoel.substack.com

Lillian Sheng

Science Is Getting Less Bang for Its Buck

Patrick Collison theatlantic.com

Johanna

anyone who prioritizes the wellbeing of the “future of humanity” in the abstract over the dignity and care of individuals in the present cannot claim that they truly care about people

Warpcast

LLeo Nasskau

Takes that aged badly: see this from 1937 the problem with our modern world is all of these newfangled toilets and umbrellas get rid of the books!

Fireside Chat: A Plan for Humanity with Bryan Johnson

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Juan Orbea

We Should Be Measuring Well-Being Catalysis, Not (trying and largely failing to measure) Economic Productivity

Ben Goertzel bengoertzel.substack.com

sari

Is America Really Running Out of Original Ideas?

The Atlantic theatlantic.com

Johanna

Research Questions That Could Have a Big Social Impact, Organised by Discipline

80000hours.org 80000hours.org

sari

Our metrics of progress have continuously abstracted: from the tangible bushels of wheat in agricultural economies (with natural physical limits), to industrial-era efficiency metrics (units/hour, machine uptime), to the nebulous productivity measures of knowledge work. Each evolution has moved us further from human-scaled, naturally bounded... See more

Tina He • Jevons Paradox: A personal perspective

sari

Why We Stopped Making Einsteins

Science Is Getting Less Bang for Its Buck

Ashley • Tweet

Warpcast

Fireside Chat: A Plan for Humanity with Bryan Johnson

We Should Be Measuring Well-Being Catalysis, Not (trying and largely failing to measure) Economic Productivity

Is America Really Running Out of Original Ideas?

Research Questions That Could Have a Big Social Impact, Organised by Discipline

Tina He • Jevons Paradox: A personal perspective