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Samuel Butler's *Erewhon* (1872) inspired Dune's “Butlerian jihad” H. G. Wells anticipated the need for the motor car; Norman Bel Geddes had a vision for highways that would let you drive safely at 100mph This and much more in my June reading list:
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“In order to make progress, we must believe that it is possible & desirable. The 19th century believed in the power of technology & industry to better humanity, but in the 20th century, this belief gave way to skepticism & distrust. We need a new way forward.” ~
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We were aiming for the stars. But something has changed. As our guest @jasoncrawford has pointed out, we have lost our optimism. Progress itself has become something to be feared. What happened?
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on Smallpox Eradication Day • on nuclear costs • : “get on the progress train” • 's “alternative path for society” • on personal AI agents • on the Stanford Torus • and much more
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- $10k Atlas Fellowship for high schoolers -  hiring a researcher -  on intelligence superabundance -  on IRBs, also AI risk -  on mosquitoes, also Costco - Freeman Dyson on AI, also nuclear power - & more
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hiring for an “AI/rationalism/x-risk” project • has a solutionist third way on AI safety • Jack Devanney on how ALARA makes nuclear expensive • clarifies a key difference in thinking on AI x-risk • and more
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Mark is the author of the forthcoming book *The Trajectory of Discovery: What Determines the Rate and Direction of Medical Progress?*, and he's doing an AMA on the today! Ask him your questions at the link below:
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Doing an AMA on the Progress Forum (@rootsofprogress) on Monday! Feel free to post any questions you might have about the book or medical progress more broadly at the link below 👇 progressforum.org/posts/QEtKhjiL
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