jasoncrawford

Karma: 7,597

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

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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

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The Roots of Progress 2023 in review

jasoncrawfordDec 31, 2023, 6:16 PM

22 points

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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

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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

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Accelerating science through evolvable institutions

jasoncrawfordDec 4, 2023, 11:21 PM

19 points

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The origins of the steam engine: An essay with interactive animated diagrams

jasoncrawfordNov 29, 2023, 6:30 PM

30 points

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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

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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

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Progress links digest, 2023-11-07: Techno-optimism and more

jasoncrawfordNov 8, 2023, 2:05 AM

17 points

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What I’ve been reading, November 2023

jasoncrawfordNov 7, 2023, 1:37 PM

23 points

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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

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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

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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

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What I’ve been reading, September 2023

jasoncrawfordSep 6, 2023, 9:32 AM

17 points

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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

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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

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What does it mean to “trust science”?

jasoncrawfordAug 16, 2023, 2:56 PM

34 points

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

jasoncrawfordAug 16, 2023, 1:36 PM

13 points

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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

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