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The Roots of Progress

Jason Crawford, Heike Larson

The history of technology and the philosophy of progress—a digest of posts from rootsofprogress.org

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Latest Issues

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Links and short notes, 2025-01-13

Comments on the wildfires, why kissing a nuclear waste cask is fine, one weird trick to fight NIMBYs, the case of the missing statues, Eli Dourado's model of policy change, plastic in foods, and more

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2024 in review

2024 was a big year for me, and an even bigger year for the Roots of Progress Institute (RPI). For one, we became the Roots of Progress Institute (with a nice new logo and website). Here's what the org and I were up to this year. (My annual...

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Links and short notes, 2024-12-27

Clinical trial abundance, an AI course assistant, grid-scale fusion, “Live Gloriously,” off-grid solar for data centers, permitting vs. compliance, crossword mania, democratizing art-making, and more

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A progress policy agenda

Elon Musk says that soon, builders “will be free to build” in America. If that promise is to be fulfilled, we have work to do.

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Authors

The writers behind this newsletter.

  • Jason Crawford

    Founder, Roots of Progress Institute (rootsofprogress.org). I write about the history of technology and the philosophy of progress.

  • Heike Larson

    Building the progress movement — accelerating the careers of progress intellectuals, creating a community, and engaging people through ideas that shape our future.

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