Progress Studies

Progress Studies

how do we make progress?

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Why Flying Cars Are an Impossible Dream

The Atlantic theatlantic.com

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The Low Energy Trap

Albert Wenger continuations.com

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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

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

Hans Rosling • 6 highlights

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How can we fix the Market for Solutions?

Charles Cushing wonderstorms.substack.com

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Curate the Internet, Comprehend the World: Introducing Startupy

Tom White whitenoise.email

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a good reminder that all innovation is initially resisted

#264 - Tim Urban: Elon Musk, Neuralink, AI, Aliens, and the Future of Humanity | Lex Fridman Podcast

Tim Urban lexfridman.com

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I Ask Seven Heretical Questions About Progress

Ted Gioia open.substack.com

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