When I first heard the stagnation hypothesis, I was skeptical. But as I studied the history of progress, I slowly came around, and now I’m fairly convinced
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We need a new philosophy of progress for the 21st century. One that teaches people not to take the modern world for granted. One that acknowledges the problems of progress, and offers solutions. And one that holds up a positive vision of the future
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The “principal investigator” model of science funding is deeply broken and needs to be replaced. Instead, funding should go in a single block to a relatively large research organization. Here’s why
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Today, The Roots of Progress officially becomes the Roots of Progress Institute (RPI).
The new name represents the new identity we took on ever since we announced our first program last year, the Roots of Progress Fellowship.
I’ve said before that understanding where our modern standard of living comes from, at a basic level, is a responsibility of every citizen in an industrial civilization.
Let’s call it “industrial literacy.”
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📢 Applications are now OPEN for the 2025 Roots of Progress Blog-Building Intensive! Launch a blog and improve your progress-focused writing with expert guidance and an amazing community progress builders, writers and intellectuals.
We’re thrilled to introduce our 2024 Blog-Build Intensive Fellows!
This year’s fellows are a group of 25 progress writers selected from a pool of over 350 applicants.
They are founders, researchers, academics, policy-makers, capital allocators, and journalists from across the