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Recommended by Maxwell Tabarrok

What's New Under the Sun

What academia knows* about innovation

The best curated literature review on the internet, focused on the economics of science.

- Maxwell Tabarrok

The Roots of Progress

By Jason Crawford

The history of technology and the philosophy of progress, plus announcements from the Roots of Progress Institute

One of the intellectual centers of the Progress Studies movement.

- Maxwell Tabarrok

Ruxandra's Substack

By Ruxandra Teslo

Pro-progress, anti-safetyist commentary on Scientific & Cultural matters from a Genomics PhD. Attempting to shape culture towards optimism, an abundance mindset & freedom.

The Works in Progress Newsletter

By Works in Progress

New and underrated ideas to improve the world. Visit our website: worksinprogress.co

Construction Physics

By Brian Potter

Essays about buildings, infrastructure, and industrial technology.

Astral Codex Ten

By Scott Alexander

P(A|B) = [P(A)*P(B|A)]/P(B), all the rest is commentary.

By Andrew Gerard

A better science is possible

Homo Economicus

By Nicholas Decker

I write about cutting edge research in economics.

Cremieux Recueil

I discuss papers that ought to be discussed.

Careful and insightful statistical analysis on interesting topics!

- Maxwell Tabarrok

Experimental History

By Adam Mastroianni

1) Find what's true and make it useful. 2) Publish every other Tuesday. 3) Photo cred: my dad.

Enthralling and intelligent metascience.

- Maxwell Tabarrok

Economics and other interesting stuff

Economic Forces

Pondering price theory, past and present. A weekly newsletter covering all things economics.

Supply and Demand!

- Maxwell Tabarrok

Richard Hanania's Newsletter

Foreign policy, American politics, and social science

Age of Invention, by Anton Howes

Tales from the history of innovation.

Uncharted Territories

Understand the world of today to prepare for the world of tomorrow: AI, tech; the future of democracy, energy, education, and more

Trying to end the Great Stagnation 🚀

The Good Science Project

Improving the funding and practice of science

How policymakers get things done

The Intrinsic Perspective

Natural philosophy, belles-lettres, polemics.

By Connor Tabarrok

A newsletter by Connor Tabarrok, centered around Science, Engineering, and Progress

Fascinating posts on infrastructure, fungus, and AI

- Maxwell Tabarrok

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