Link post
The Breakthrough Institute is hiring directors to run its new DC office (via @atrembath)
Stable Diffusion: an AI image generator you can download and run (via @elidourado)
Why didn’t clockwork technology get applied to other practical purposes for hundreds of years?
Who are the best economic historians that focus a lot on technology? (@_brianpotter)
What questions in economics have been “settled” since 1945? (@dkedrosky)
We should all have a little more awe and gratitude for the amazing world we live in
In 1809, books or carpets in the home were considered luxuries
Voltaire on the religious tolerance engendered by capitalism
Let’s retire the phrase “lifted out of poverty”
Negativity should be productive
Progress links and tweets, 2022-08-31
Link post
Links
The Breakthrough Institute is hiring directors to run its new DC office (via @atrembath)
Stable Diffusion: an AI image generator you can download and run (via @elidourado)
Queries
Why didn’t clockwork technology get applied to other practical purposes for hundreds of years?
Who are the best economic historians that focus a lot on technology? (@_brianpotter)
What questions in economics have been “settled” since 1945? (@dkedrosky)
Quotes
We should all have a little more awe and gratitude for the amazing world we live in
In 1809, books or carpets in the home were considered luxuries
Voltaire on the religious tolerance engendered by capitalism
Tweets
Let’s retire the phrase “lifted out of poverty”
Negativity should be productive