Progress Studies

how do we make progress?

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techdetector.de

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Why Has Nuclear Power Been a Flop?

rootsofprogress.org rootsofprogress.org

Johanna

Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World--and Why Things Are Better Than You Think

Hans Rosling • 6 highlights

amazon.com

Cover of Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World--and Why Things Are Better Than You Think

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Contra Hoel On Aristocratic Tutoring

Scott Alexander astralcodexten.substack.com

Johanna

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

Welcome to the Future

worldsfair.co

Tanuj

Higher than the Shoulders of Giants; Or, a Scientist’s History of Drugs

Slime Mold Time Mold slimemoldtimemold.com

Johanna

Idea Machines

Nadia Asparouhova nadia.xyz

sari

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

80000hours.org 80000hours.org

sari