Founder, The Roots of Progress (rootsofprogress.org). Part-time tech consultant, Our World in Data. Former software engineering manager and tech startup founder.
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The Roots of Progress wants your stories about the AI frontier
Progress links and short notes, 2025-05-31: RPI fellowship deadline tomorrow, Edge Esmeralda next week, and more
Where is the YIMBY movement for healthcare?
This pairs well with Scott Alexander’s Kolmogorov Complicity And The Parable Of Lightning
Announcing Progress Conference 2025
How much does it cost to back up solar with batteries?
Progress links and short notes, 2025-03-18
Progress links and short notes, 2025-03-10
Progress links and short notes, 2025-03-03
Progress links and short notes, 2025-02-17
The future of humanity is in management
Links and short notes, 2025-01-26: Atlas Shrugged and the irreplaceable founder, pumping stations and civic pride, and thoughts on the eve of AGI
Links and short notes, 2025-01-20
How sci-fi can have drama without dystopia or doomerism
Progress links and short notes, 2025-01-13
Yes, they would not be made from mirror components!
Synthetic cells aren’t inherently dangerous if they’re not mirror cells (and aren’t dangerous pathogens of course).
In the Hornblower series of novels, at one point Captain Hornblower surrenders to the enemy during a naval battle. He is captured by the French, but later escapes. When he gets home, he’s put on trial for surrendering. They finally acquit him when it is revealed that he had lost something like half (maybe two-thirds?) of his crew—basically massive casualties. But surrendering was considered guilty until proven innocent.