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Welcome to @jasoncrawford.eth!

Jason is the founder of The Roots of Progress, a non-profit dedicated to progress studies. In addition, he has served as an advisor for Our World in Data and as a guest lecturer at MIT.

His essay, We Need A New Philosophy of Progress, is one of the best arguments for techno-optimism that I've read: https://rootsofprogress.org/we-need-a-new-philosophy-of-progress/

He has agreed to do an AMA for the /books channel as part of the ongoing Silicon Valley Canon course.

Reply with your questions. :)

Founder, The Roots of Progress (rootsofprogress.org). I write about the history of technology and the philosophy of progress. Former tech founder.

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Hello Jason. Why do we need a new philosophy of progress?

Progress is not automatic or inevitable. In order to make progress, we must believe that it is possible and desirable. The 19th century believed in the power of technology and industry to better humanity, but in the 20th century, this belief gave way to skepticism and distrust. We need a new way forward.

See: https://blog.rootsofprogress.org/a-new-philosophy-of-progress

Longer version:

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Interesting that we lost the way in the 21st century after the devastating era in the 19th industrial philosophy. I have no answer for it but now I have to think about it real hard to see the way through for humanity in the upcoming years

Progress is not automatic or inevitable. In order to make progress, we must believe that it is possible and desirable. The 19th century believed in the power of technology and industry to better humanity, but in the 20th century, this belief gave way to skepticism and distrust. We need a new way forward.

See: https://blog.rootsofprogress.org/a-new-philosophy-of-progress

Longer version: https://bigthink.com/progress/a-new-philosophy-of-progress-jason-crawford/