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47: A New Philosophy of Progress and Why We Don’t Have Flying Cars, with Jason Crawford

Feb 15, 2022

01:12:00

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The Roots of Progress

03:55

The History of the Modern Bicycle

04:05

The Role Coffee Played in Our Moral and Technological Advancements

01:42

Introduction

4min

The History of the Bicycle

2min

The History of the Modern Bicycle

4min

Is There a Difference Between the Bicycle and the Printing Press?

2min

The Philosophy of Progress

2min

Progress, Stagnation and Flying Cars

4min

Five Major Revolutions in the Economy

3min

The Unforced Error Around Nuclear Power

4min

The Roots of Progress - Industrial Literacy

4min

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Amazon's Most Invisible Achievements

3min

11.

The Attitude Shift Toward Progress in the Twenty-First Century

5min

12.

Is Social Media Hardwired to Reward?

4min

13.

The Coffee Houses, You Know?

3min

14.

The Role Coffee Played in Our Moral and Technological Advancements

2min

15.

The Roots of Progress

4min

16.

The Requirement of Progress

5min

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What's the Key to a Vision of Progress?

4min

18.

Is There a Difference Between the Future and the Future?

3min

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Is There a Technology Stagnation?

3min

20.

The Future of Progress Studies

2min

21.

What's Next for the New Non Profit?

2min

22.

We Will and We Will Not

2min

How exactly am I able to communicate with you? We're not in the same room - we're likely not even in the same state. And if my listener stats are accurate - 30% of you reading this right now live in a completely different country! So... how did we get here? What makes the world modern - technologically, socially, morally - is often under-appreciated, but the history of the modern world is a history of progress. The Roots of Progress founder Jason Crawford believes that understanding that history is key to empowering the next generation to progress ever further.

The Roots of Progress

We Need a New Science of Progress, by Patrick Collison and Tyler Cowen for The Atlantic

Why Did We Wait So Long for the Bicycle? - The Roots of Progress

Scientists May Have Discovered How the Ancient Greeks’ ‘First Computer’ Tracked the Cosmos - Smithsonian Magazine

A Dashboard for Progress - The Roots of Progress

Progress, Stagnation, and Flying Cars - The Roots of Progress

Technological Stagnation - The Roots of Progress

The Roots of Progress Is Now a Nonprofit Organization - The Roots of Progress

Industrial Literacy - The Roots of Progress

Progress Isn't Natural, by Joel Mokyr for The Atlantic

1984 World's Fair

1982 World's Fair