Progress Studies

how do we make progress?

sari and

A Simple Plan to Solve All of America’s Problems

Derek Thompson theatlantic.com

Tom So and

Why We Stopped Making Einsteins

Erik Hoel erikhoel.substack.com

Lillian Sheng

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!

Optimism

Packy McCormick notboring.co

Stuart Evans

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

Ashley • Tweet

Contra Hoel On Aristocratic Tutoring

Scott Alexander astralcodexten.substack.com

Johanna

once we had machines to do labor, we could afford to stop treating humans like machines.

Packy McCormick • The Morality of Having Kids in a Magical, Maybe Simulated World

andrea

Why Flying Cars Are an Impossible Dream

Derek Thompson theatlantic.com

Johanna