149 – The Roots of Progress, with Jason Crawford
- Author
- [email protected]
- Published
- Wed 03 Nov 2021
- Episode Link
- https://www.thebayesianconspiracy.com/2021/11/149-the-roots-of-progress/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss
We speak with Jason Crawford (twitter), from The Roots of Progress. Interview begins at 44:25.
Posts discussed include:
Iron: From mythical to mundane
The various Why Did It Take So Long For (X), and specifically Cotton Gin, Bicycle, and Threshing Machine
Does invention come from deprivation or plenty?
Progress studies as a moral imperative and a civic duty
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LessWrong posts Discussed in this Episode:
Terminal Values and Instrumental Values
Evolving to Extinction
Next Episode’s Sequence Posts:
No Evolutions for Corporations or Nanodevices
The Simple Math of Everything
Conjuring An Evolution To Serve You
