Jason Crawford joins the podcast to discuss the history of progress, the future of economic growth, and the relationship between progress and risks from AI. You can read more about Jason's work at https://rootsofprogress.org Timestamps: 00:00 Eras of human progress 06:47 Flywheels of progress 17:56 Main causes of progr

Jason Crawford is the founder & president of The Roots of Progress, a nonprofit dedicated to establishing a new philosophy of progress for the 21st century. Jason has written well over 100 essays on the history of technology and the philosophy of progress, and given numerous talks and interviews on the same. He joins t

Jason Crawford discusses the history of human progress and explores how policymakers can promote more technological and moral progress in the present. The post Jason Crawford: Lessons from studying the roots of progress appeared first on American Enterprise Institute - AEI.

Jason Crawford (@jasoncrawford), author of The Roots of Progress, joins Erik to discuss: - The key aspects of human progress. - The history of progress over time. - Whether we’ve traded off progress for safety. - Why the idea of progress is relatively new. - What the nature of science fiction writing tells us about our

How exactly does technological and economic progress happen?  Founder of RootsofProgress.org Jason Crawford joins the podcast to discuss why 'progress studies' are important, the theories behind how economic growth and technological breakthroughs happen, and how society should think about funding new initiatives and re

This episode was recorded in front of a live audience in January 2020 at Ayn Rand Con. Erik interviewed Jason Crawford and Yaron Brook. Jason (@jasoncrawford) writes about the history of technology and industry at Roots of Progress. Yaron (@yaronbrook) is host of The Yaron Brook Show. They discuss: - What can destroy —