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about progress studies, etc. when I interview him on Wednesday?

The Torch of Progress, Ep. 3 with Patrick Collison

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What are weird-but-useful ways to measure/conceptualize progress? eg. GDP growth / patent velocity doesn't seem to capture, say, "creative resilience in the face of black-swan pandemics." What a priori measures of progress might have predicted which institutions would fare best?

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Nathan Latka looks at LinkedIn to get gut feel for SaaS products: good ones have increasing sales hires *and low sales turnover*, implying the dogfood is tasty. Similar model here? Prediction v. difficult though. Combat creates Medal of Honor winners: ie stress is what does it.