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jasoncrawford

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Founder, The Roots of Progress (rootsofprogress.org). Part-time tech consultant, Our World in Data. Former software engineering manager and tech startup founder.

Mak­ing ev­ery re­searcher seek grants is a bro­ken model

jasoncrawfordJan 26, 2024, 4:06 PM
159 points
41 comments4 min readLW link
(rootsofprogress.org)

Cel­lu­lar re­pro­gram­ming, pneu­matic launch sys­tems, and ter­raform­ing Mars: Some things I learned about at Fore­sight Vi­sion Weekend

jasoncrawfordJan 4, 2024, 7:33 PM
28 points
0 comments8 min readLW link
(rootsofprogress.org)

The Roots of Progress 2023 in review

jasoncrawfordDec 31, 2023, 6:16 PM
22 points
0 comments11 min readLW link
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Progress links di­gest, 2023-12-29: Rayleigh’s oil drop ex­per­i­ment and more

jasoncrawfordDec 29, 2023, 4:22 PM
15 points
2 comments7 min readLW link
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Progress links di­gest, 2023-12-15: Vi­talik on d/​acc, $100M+ in prizes, and more

jasoncrawfordDec 15, 2023, 3:52 PM
20 points
0 comments12 min readLW link
(rootsofprogress.org)

Ac­cel­er­at­ing sci­ence through evolv­able institutions

jasoncrawfordDec 4, 2023, 11:21 PM
19 points
9 comments6 min readLW link
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The ori­gins of the steam en­g­ine: An es­say with in­ter­ac­tive an­i­mated diagrams

jasoncrawfordNov 29, 2023, 6:30 PM
30 points
1 comment1 min readLW link
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Nei­ther EA nor e/​acc is what we need to build the future

jasoncrawfordNov 28, 2023, 4:04 PM
0 points
22 comments3 min readLW link
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Progress links di­gest, 2023-11-24: Bot­tle­necks of ag­ing, Star­ship launches, and much more

jasoncrawfordNov 24, 2023, 3:25 PM
40 points
1 comment14 min readLW link
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Progress links di­gest, 2023-11-07: Techno-op­ti­mism and more

jasoncrawfordNov 8, 2023, 2:05 AM
17 points
7 comments11 min readLW link
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What I’ve been read­ing, Novem­ber 2023

jasoncrawfordNov 7, 2023, 1:37 PM
23 points
1 comment5 min readLW link
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Progress links di­gest, 2023-10-12: Dyson sphere ther­mo­dy­nam­ics and a cure for cavities

jasoncrawfordOct 13, 2023, 12:41 AM
15 points
1 comment10 min readLW link
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What I’ve been read­ing, Oc­to­ber 2023: The stir­rup in Europe, 19th-cen­tury art deco, and more

jasoncrawfordOct 11, 2023, 4:11 PM
18 points
2 comments11 min readLW link
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Progress links di­gest, 2023-09-08: The Con­ser­va­tive Fu­tur­ist, cargo air­ships, and more

jasoncrawfordSep 8, 2023, 5:48 PM
14 points
7 comments5 min readLW link
(rootsofprogress.org)

What I’ve been read­ing, Septem­ber 2023

jasoncrawfordSep 6, 2023, 9:32 AM
17 points
0 comments5 min readLW link
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Progress links di­gest, 2023-09-01: How an­cient peo­ple ma­nipu­lated wa­ter, and more

jasoncrawfordSep 1, 2023, 4:33 AM
13 points
4 comments6 min readLW link
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Progress links di­gest, 2023-08-17: Cloud seed­ing, robotic sculp­tors, and rogue planets

jasoncrawfordAug 17, 2023, 8:29 PM
15 points
1 comment4 min readLW link
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What does it mean to “trust sci­ence”?

jasoncrawfordAug 16, 2023, 2:56 PM
34 points
9 comments1 min readLW link
(rootsofprogress.org)

Ja­son Crawford /​ The Roots of Progress in Ban­ga­lore, Au­gust 21 to Septem­ber 8

jasoncrawfordAug 16, 2023, 1:36 PM
13 points
1 comment1 min readLW link
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Progress links di­gest, 2023-08-09: US adds new nu­clear, Katalin Kar­ikó in­ter­view, and more

jasoncrawfordAug 9, 2023, 7:22 PM
18 points
0 comments3 min readLW link
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