Progress Studies
how do we make progress?
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Progress Studies
(1) New Working Paper: the fundamental driver of growth in modern economies, Total Factor Productivity (TFP), is linear, not exponential.
This is a paper I did not expect to write...
Thomas Philippontwitter.comFuture Narratives
viz.envisioning.io
Higher than the Shoulders of Giants; Or, a Scientist’s History of Drugs
Slime Mold Time Moldslimemoldtimemold.com
Why did agriculture mechanize and not construction?
Construction Physicsconstructionphysics.substack.com
World's Hardest Problems
Sustainability + Human Development Is the food we eat scalable, sustainable, healthy, nutritious and tasty? Is the air we breathe clean? Is the water we drink pure? Is there a way to produce energy that is relatively abundant, cheap and clean? Is there a way to reverse or mitigate climate chan...
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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!