jasoncrawford

• jasoncrawfordApr 19, 2025, 11:13 PM

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  on: Power Lies Trem­bling: a three-book review

  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?

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The fu­ture of hu­man­ity is in management

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How sci-fi can have drama with­out dystopia or doomerism

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• jasoncrawfordJan 2, 2025, 8:45 PM

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  in reply to: Purplehermann’s comment on: Biolog­i­cal risk from the mir­ror world

  Yes, they would not be made from mirror components!

• jasoncrawfordJan 2, 2025, 8:28 PM

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  in reply to: Purplehermann’s comment on: Biolog­i­cal risk from the mir­ror world

  Synthetic cells aren’t inherently dangerous if they’re not mirror cells (and aren’t dangerous pathogens of course).

The Roots of Progress 2024 in review

Progress links and short notes, 2024-12-27: Clini­cal trial abun­dance, grid-scale fu­sion, per­mit­ting vs. com­pli­ance, cross­word ma­nia, and more

• jasoncrawfordDec 23, 2024, 3:11 PM

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  in reply to: PhilGoetz’s comment on: Biolog­i­cal risk from the mir­ror world

  Failure to detect other life in the universe is only really evidence against advanced intelligent civilizations, I think. The universe could easily be absolutely teeming with bacterial life.

  Re “take steps to stop it”, I was replying to @Purplehermann

A progress policy agenda

• jasoncrawfordDec 18, 2024, 2:13 AM

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  in reply to: Roger Scott’s comment on: Biolog­i­cal risk from the mir­ror world

  The asymmetric advantage of bacteria is that they can invade your body but not vice versa.

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