Progress Studies
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Progress Studies
#264 - Tim Urban: Elon Musk, Neuralink, AI, Aliens, and the Future of Humanity | Lex Fridman Podcast
Tim Urbanlexfridman.com
Why did agriculture mechanize and not construction?
Construction Physicsconstructionphysics.substack.com
Marc Andreessen Reflections, Roe v. Wade Overturn and Where We Go Next + the Case for Suits and Ties
the-realignment.simplecast.comOur 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
Fireside Chat: A Plan for Humanity with Bryan Johnson
youtube.comConsider one more possibility: that the people who seem to slow us down and hold us back are actually preventing things from happening too fast. Imagine that the evolution of your life or our culture is like a pregnancy: It needs to reach its full term. Just as a child isn’t ready to be born after five months of gestation, the New Earth we’re
... See moreRob Brezsny • Pronoia Is the Antidote for Paranoia
Higher than the Shoulders of Giants; Or, a Scientist’s History of Drugs
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