Progress Studies in 2020 with Jason Crawford

Published: Aug. 16, 2020, noon

b'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\\u2019ve traded off progress for safety.

- Why the idea of progress is relatively new.

- What the nature of science fiction writing tells us about our vision for progress.

- Why progress happens differently in different domains.

- How to think about safety with respect to new technologies.

- The impacts of slowing population growth.

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