Progress Studies
how do we make progress?
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Progress Studies
Why did agriculture mechanize and not construction?
Construction Physicsconstructionphysics.substack.com
Malthus was wrong.
We make MORE food than ever with LESS land than ever. Because we have one inexhaustible resource—
Human ingenuity.
Research Questions That Could Have a Big Social Impact, Organised by Discipline
80000hours.org80000hours.org(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.com
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!
"Futurism tells us more about the present than the future"
--@mattwridley nails it
Ben Reinhardttwitter.comA decade ago, I was only a couple of years into my venture career. I believed that growth and progress were synonymous – in an industry where scale was the ultimate target, platforms that achieved it were glorified. A decade later, I have learned that success is more nuanced, and we have to take accountability for the outcomes we encourage. New... See more
Mario Gabriele • Modern Meditations: Rebecca Kaden (Union Square Ventures)
interesting thoughts from a venture capitalist