O.A. Book Club – Progress Studies with Jason Crawford of Roots of Progress
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“We can pay it forward to future generations by making sure that progress continues and by making sure that future generations are living as well off compared to us today, as we are compared to the past. So let's have that ambition for the future.” – Jason Crawford
Jason Crawford (@jasoncrawford) is Founder and CEO of The Roots of Progress, a nonprofit dedicated to establishing a new philosophy of progress for the 21st century. He created Progress Studies for Young Scholars and is a technical consultant and adviser to Our World in Data. He previously co-founded Fieldbook and Kima Labs, and was an engineering manager at Flexport, Amazon and Groupon.
Show notes with links, quotes, and a transcript of the episode: https://www.danielscrivner.com/notes/progress-studies-roots-of-progress-jason-crawford-ig-show-notes
Chapters
About Jason’s work with The Roots of Progress
Nurturing progress is a moral imperative
On Louis Pasteur
What is progress? What is technology?
On starting The Roots of Progress
The growth of progress studies
Is progress really stagnating?
How bureaucracy can slow progress
The speed of innovation
Advancements in biotech, artificial intelligence, energy technologies, and nanotech
Appreciating the progress we see on a daily basis
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“We can pay it forward to future generations by making sure that progress continues and by making sure that future generations are living as well off compared to us today, as we are compared to the past. So let's have that ambition for the future.” – Jason Crawford
Jason Crawford (@jasoncrawford) is Founder and CEO of The Roots of Progress, a nonprofit dedicated to establishing a new philosophy of progress for the 21st century. He created Progress Studies for Young Scholars and is a technical consultant and adviser to Our World in Data. He previously co-founded Fieldbook and Kima Labs, and was an engineering manager at Flexport, Amazon and Groupon.
Show notes with links, quotes, and a transcript of the episode: https://www.danielscrivner.com/notes/progress-studies-roots-of-progress-jason-crawford-ig-show-notes
Chapters
About Jason’s work with The Roots of Progress
Nurturing progress is a moral imperative
On Louis Pasteur
What is progress? What is technology?
On starting The Roots of Progress
The growth of progress studies
Is progress really stagnating?
How bureaucracy can slow progress
The speed of innovation
Advancements in biotech, artificial intelligence, energy technologies, and nanotech
Appreciating the progress we see on a daily basis
Sign up here for Outlier Debrief, our weekly newsletter that highlights the latest episode, expands on important business and investing concepts, and contains the best of what we read each week.
Follow Outlier Academy on Twitter: https://twitter.com/outlieracademy.
If you loved this episode, please share a quick review on Apple Podcasts.
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