Link post
Arcadia Science launches an Entrepreneur-in-Residence (EIR) program (thread from @ArcadiaScience)
The Longevity Prize goes to “outstanding progress in longevity research” (announcement from @allisondman)
Nicole Ruiz is making a list of opportunities in frontier tech (@nwilliams030)
And don’t forget that The Roots of Progress is seeking a CEO! Thanks to Max Roser and Virginia Postrel, among others, for signal-boosting
UK’s new Advanced Research and Invention Agency (ARIA) adds Matt Clifford as chairman and Ilan Gur as CEO. Gur will step down as CEO of Activate. See also threads from @matthewclifford and @ilangur. Congrats to all!
Boom announces the new design for its supersonic airplane, Overture
Works in Progress Issue #8 with articles from Stewart Brand, Jason Collins, and more
“Large changes in productivity are always widely shared” (Bryan Caplan)
Can exponential growth occur if productivity is the best draw from a probability distribution? A talk by Chad Jones (fairly technical)
A DNA origami rotary ratchet motor (Nature, h/t @s_r_constantin)
Maps were originally created through the blood, sweat and tears of field agents
“Raise the social status of scientists”
The importance of skilled mechanics to early locomotives
Modern facilities added ~3x to the consumer value of housing
Childhood in the 19th century
What’s the best CO2 monitor? (@_brianpotter)
Charles Mann calls for industrial literacy in high school (@CharlesCMann). See my take on “industrial literacy” and the high school progress course I created
Some potential use-cases for crypto (@SBF_FTX)
Software + web tech recapitulating the institutions and ideals of the Enlightenment (@arbesman)
It turns out, nobody ever wanted to work (@paulisci)
RIP Dee Hock, creator of Visa (@patrickc)
“The Roman Empire was not run out of offices” (Marc Andreessen on Conversations with Tyler)
The reason we don’t have fusion is we never decided it was a priority (@tobi)
Progress links and tweets, 2022-07-27
Link post
Opportunities
Arcadia Science launches an Entrepreneur-in-Residence (EIR) program (thread from @ArcadiaScience)
The Longevity Prize goes to “outstanding progress in longevity research” (announcement from @allisondman)
Nicole Ruiz is making a list of opportunities in frontier tech (@nwilliams030)
And don’t forget that The Roots of Progress is seeking a CEO! Thanks to Max Roser and Virginia Postrel, among others, for signal-boosting
Announcements
UK’s new Advanced Research and Invention Agency (ARIA) adds Matt Clifford as chairman and Ilan Gur as CEO. Gur will step down as CEO of Activate. See also threads from @matthewclifford and @ilangur. Congrats to all!
Boom announces the new design for its supersonic airplane, Overture
Articles and talks
Works in Progress Issue #8 with articles from Stewart Brand, Jason Collins, and more
“Large changes in productivity are always widely shared” (Bryan Caplan)
Can exponential growth occur if productivity is the best draw from a probability distribution? A talk by Chad Jones (fairly technical)
A DNA origami rotary ratchet motor (Nature, h/t @s_r_constantin)
Quotes
Maps were originally created through the blood, sweat and tears of field agents
“Raise the social status of scientists”
The importance of skilled mechanics to early locomotives
Modern facilities added ~3x to the consumer value of housing
Childhood in the 19th century
Queries
What’s the best CO2 monitor? (@_brianpotter)
Threads
Charles Mann calls for industrial literacy in high school (@CharlesCMann). See my take on “industrial literacy” and the high school progress course I created
Some potential use-cases for crypto (@SBF_FTX)
Software + web tech recapitulating the institutions and ideals of the Enlightenment (@arbesman)
It turns out, nobody ever wanted to work (@paulisci)
Tweets & retweets
RIP Dee Hock, creator of Visa (@patrickc)
“The Roman Empire was not run out of offices” (Marc Andreessen on Conversations with Tyler)
The reason we don’t have fusion is we never decided it was a priority (@tobi)