Link post
Nat Friedman and Daniel Gross are investing $10M in AI-first products, apply here (via @natfriedman)
Congressman Jake Auschincloss is hiring a Chief of Staff, @MarkLutter encourages the progress community to apply
Superabundance: The Story of Population Growth, Innovation, and Human Flourishing on an Infinitely Bountiful Planet is a new book out from Tupy & Pooley. Jeremy Horpedahl has a brief review.. Arnold Kling is slightly critical; I found his comments interesting but not fully convincing
Prediction market Kalshi is seeking approval to create election contracts, add your comment to the CFTC (thread from CEO @mansourtarek_)
Aletheia is a new platform for communicating peer-evaluated research (via @namalhotra)
I don’t think we can assign quantitative probabilities to all our beliefs, but this essay argues that if we make coherent choices, then we have them at least implicitly
“Not even death can exempt you from TSA screening”
Is there a case in the last century where a new technology didn’t become cheap enough for everyone? (@davidmanheim)
Who should Derek Thompson talk to about why the British economy is such a mess? (@DKThomp)
Is there a nice comparable table of rocket turbopumps by flow rate and pressure head? (@anderssandberg)
Did Queen Elizabeth I really inhibit the development of the stocking frame?
Gutenberg had to solve many intricate problems to make the printing press
Bacon anticipating Lakatos
Jefferson anticipating Paul Romer
Sawmills outnumbered even gristmills in 19th-century America
“Life in the big city,” London, 1850s
Norway’s tunnel: < $7M/km; Seattle’s tunnel: $1,167M/km
Diablo Canyon will continue operations until at least 2030 (@ANS_org)
The more money an organization gives out, the less likely it is to fund unusual people (@SamoBurja)
Beware the deepity (@JeremiahDJohns)
The shift to WFH is saving ~200M hours and 6B miles of commuting/week in the US alone (@I_Am_NickBloom)
Progress links & tweets, 2022-09-08
Link post
Opportunities
Nat Friedman and Daniel Gross are investing $10M in AI-first products, apply here (via @natfriedman)
Congressman Jake Auschincloss is hiring a Chief of Staff, @MarkLutter encourages the progress community to apply
Announcements
Superabundance: The Story of Population Growth, Innovation, and Human Flourishing on an Infinitely Bountiful Planet is a new book out from Tupy & Pooley. Jeremy Horpedahl has a brief review.. Arnold Kling is slightly critical; I found his comments interesting but not fully convincing
Prediction market Kalshi is seeking approval to create election contracts, add your comment to the CFTC (thread from CEO @mansourtarek_)
Aletheia is a new platform for communicating peer-evaluated research (via @namalhotra)
Links
I don’t think we can assign quantitative probabilities to all our beliefs, but this essay argues that if we make coherent choices, then we have them at least implicitly
“Not even death can exempt you from TSA screening”
Queries
Is there a case in the last century where a new technology didn’t become cheap enough for everyone? (@davidmanheim)
Who should Derek Thompson talk to about why the British economy is such a mess? (@DKThomp)
Is there a nice comparable table of rocket turbopumps by flow rate and pressure head? (@anderssandberg)
Did Queen Elizabeth I really inhibit the development of the stocking frame?
Quotes
Gutenberg had to solve many intricate problems to make the printing press
Bacon anticipating Lakatos
Jefferson anticipating Paul Romer
Sawmills outnumbered even gristmills in 19th-century America
“Life in the big city,” London, 1850s
Tweets & retweets
Norway’s tunnel: < $7M/km; Seattle’s tunnel: $1,167M/km
Diablo Canyon will continue operations until at least 2030 (@ANS_org)
The more money an organization gives out, the less likely it is to fund unusual people (@SamoBurja)
Beware the deepity (@JeremiahDJohns)
Charts
The shift to WFH is saving ~200M hours and 6B miles of commuting/week in the US alone (@I_Am_NickBloom)