The Roots of Progress @rootsofprogress
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Mastery over all aspects of nature: • Biology: cure disease & aging • Space: supersonic, flying cars, rockets • Matter: nanotech, megastructures • Energy: fusion, Dyson spheres • Information: AI, BCI • Environment: terraforming, climate control All enabling trillions of…
Mastery over all aspects of nature: • Biology: cure disease & aging • Space: supersonic, flying cars, rockets • Matter: nanotech, megastructures • Energy: fusion, Dyson spheres • Information: AI, BCI • Environment: terraforming, climate control All enabling trillions of…
A feature in @reason on the progress movement: “It celebrates humanity's achievements so far. It judges progress not in technocratic terms but with an eye on outcomes for individual human beings” Quotes me/@rootsofprogress and @calebwatney/@IFP
This is a common, but terrible argument: • If a problem is important, you tackle it from every angle you can. You don't pick and choose • If you want to create safety, you do it through defense in depth. Seat belts *and* airbags *and* traffic lights *and* driver's ed. Not or
This is a common, but terrible argument: • If a problem is important, you tackle it from every angle you can. You don't pick and choose • If you want to create safety, you do it through defense in depth. Seat belts *and* airbags *and* traffic lights *and* driver's ed. Not or
A common mistake is to think that if technology automates or obsoletes something, it will disappear. Remember that we still: Ride horses Light candles Tend gardens Knit sweaters Sail boats Carve wood Make pottery Go camping It's just that these things are recreation now.
What is progress? In one sense, the concept of progress is simple, straightforward, and uncontroversial. In another sense, it contains an entire worldview rootsofprogress.org/what-is-progre…
The ideal human population size is not “much smaller,” but “ever larger.” A large and growing world is a dynamic world that can create and sustain progress rootsofprogress.org/why-a-larger-p…
On Feb 29, I’ll be giving my talk “Towards a New Philosophy of Progress” to the @NELegalFndtn. The event will be held over breakfast at NELF’s offices in Boston, and will also be livestreamed over Zoom. See details and register here: app.glueup.com/event/100621/?…
Academia cares whether an idea is new. It doesn't really have to work Industry only cares if an idea works. Doesn't matter if it's new This creates a gap. Actually a few gaps:
A few links/recordings: an interview with @foresightinst for their Existential Hope library; a talk for @instmillenium (with Portuguese subtitles!); and a brief quote in @csmonitor rootsofprogress.org/speaking-fores…
The “principal investigator” model of science funding is deeply broken and needs to be replaced. Instead, funding should go in a single block to a relatively large research organization. Here’s why rootsofprogress.org/the-block-fund…
At @foresightinst Vision Weekend I talked to a bunch of weird and ambitious geeks about the glorious abundant technological future. Here are few things I learned about. Cellular reprogramming, pneumatic launch systems, and terraforming Mars: rootsofprogress.org/vision-weekend…
A new fellowship program, an essay with interactive animated diagrams, 65,000 words of essays, over a dozen talks and interviews, and lots of reading 2023 in review: rootsofprogress.org/2023-in-review
.@AsimovPress launches, AI-generated news, Rayleigh's oil drop experiment, the sharpest thing in the world, “Sistine Chapel ceilings per lifetime,” and the Concorde chasing a solar eclipse Links digest, 2023-12-29: rootsofprogress.org/links-digest-2…
.@VitalikButerin on d/acc, @dwarkesh_sp interviews @Dominic2306, @karpathy explains LLMs, $100M+ in sci/tech prizes, longevity and CRISPR drugs, AI for video and radiology, nuclear container ships, and mechanization as “man's answer to slavery” rootsofprogress.org/links-digest-2…
If we want to see our scientific institutions improve, we need to think about how they can evolve: rootsofprogress.org/accelerating-s…
The early history of steam power, with interactive animated diagrams! From Hero's engine to Savery's pump, with many highlights in between that aren't in the standard telling of this story Text by @antonhowes, animations by @xtrrdnryfclty rootsofprogress.org/steam-engine-o…
Neither EA nor e/acc is what we need to build the future Over the last few years, effective altruism has gone through a rise-and-fall story arc worthy of any dramatic tragedy…
To build the glorious abundant technological future, we’re going to need more than vibes. We’re going to need ideas rootsofprogress.org/neither-ea-nor…
Bottlenecks of aging, Starship launches, the ARPA Playbook, and an opportunity to cure your red-green colorblindness: Links digest, 2023-11-24 rootsofprogress.org/links-digest-2…
“We actually can make progress on all fronts at once.… from 1870 to 1920, we had five major revolutions, on five fronts” I went on @giacaglia's podcast to discuss progress, stagnation, agriculture, and more: youtu.be/tY5exPHaHqc
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This is a superb article.
The “principal investigator” model of science funding is deeply broken and needs to be replaced. Instead, funding should go in a single block to a relatively large research organization. Here’s why rootsofprogress.org/the-block-fund…
@stewartbrand is doing some of the best work out there in the history and sociology of tech... without the jargon. Give it a read. (@rootsofprogress @WorksInProgMag @scienceisstrat1 @SocHistTech)
🧵 I've expanded the "Two Assault Rifles" section of my MAINTENANCE book. I learned that several of the most famous photographs of the Vietnam War were caused by jammed M16 rifles. Such as this one:
Vibrant, positive visions of an ambitious future? LFG! Echoes of @rootsofprogress @WorldsFairCo in these poster vibes.
🌱 Move Fast and Grow Things 🌱 This V0 poster took us 30 seconds with GPT4+Dall-E. Can you make a better one?
This was a fun (and enlightening) one! Made some interactive diagrams for the mighty @antonhowes and @rootsofprogress on the origins of the steam engine.
As if you haven't already had enough of me this week, here's a detailed interactive, explorable account of the earliest origins of the steam engine. Have a play with the models here: rootsofprogress.org/steam-engine-o…
Excited to read this history of steam power from @antonhowes and colleagues.
The early history of steam power, with interactive animated diagrams! From Hero's engine to Savery's pump, with many highlights in between that aren't in the standard telling of this story Text by @antonhowes, animations by @xtrrdnryfclty rootsofprogress.org/steam-engine-o…
@scolerkolo @rootsofprogress @xtrrdnryfclty If we get the funding, we’ll do Papin through Newcomen and Watt, and then to Trevithick and beyond!
Come now, where's Denis Papin?
The early history of steam power, with interactive animated diagrams! From Hero's engine to Savery's pump, with many highlights in between that aren't in the standard telling of this story Text by @antonhowes, animations by @xtrrdnryfclty rootsofprogress.org/steam-engine-o…
@rootsofprogress maybe an idea for you - what regulations were introduced to make sure new technologies like commercial flights and cars were safe when these technologies were new? I’m sure the world of AI can learn a lot from this chapter of progress history.
I thought this was excellent. @MalcolmGCochran, what a great first piece. @rootsofprogress, thank you for lifting up talented writers like Malcolm! antheros.blog/p/how-the-car-…
Lots of other @rootsofprogress fellows' content dropped this week too! Check it out: x.com/i/lists/171243…
Always willing to bet on technological progress. Great manifesto by @a16z cc: @rootsofprogress a16z.com
@rootsofprogress Seems like when people suggest a Roman IR they underestimate how technologically different various pre-industrial societies can be or overestimate how advanced the Romans were.
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hey progress studies fans, the next “cards against humanity” just dropped except this time it’s all pro Seriously, anyone up for restoring and/or updating this? @antonhowes @s8mb @rootsofprogress
New acquisition alert! This proto-steampunk card game, 'The Age of Invention', features gorgeous illustrations of real & fantastical steam-powered inventions. Unfortunately, it didn't come with instructions, so we're still working out the rules...!
@rootsofprogress This level of nuance, collaborative spirit and solutions-focus has no place on Twitter! 😆
@rootsofprogress That is terrifically interesting. I wonder if many who rant against of AI are really ranting against civilization -- The Machine.
@rootsofprogress @mattwridley @kevin2kelly @cshirky @JacobSteinhardt @ESYudkowsky @DeepMind ooh i like your selection of AI safety readings!
problem w regulator is not that the people working there are evil, it's the incentive structure: - They're blamed for anything that goes wrong. - Not blamed for slowing down or preventing growth &progress. - Not credited when they approve things that lead to growth and progress.
In the wake of disaster, a common reaction is to add a review and approval process. But I now believe that the review-and-approval model is broken, and we should find better ways to manage risk and create safety rootsofprogress.org/against-review…
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