Jason Crawford - The Roots of Progress & the History of Technology

ℹ️ EPISODE INFO

Released

August 25, 2020

Duration

48m

Channel

Dwarkesh Podcast

Watch on YouTube

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📝 EPISODE DESCRIPTION

Jason Crawford writes at The Roots of Progress about the history of technology and industry and the philosophy of progress. Episode Website: https://www.dwarkeshpatel.com/p/jason-crawford Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3Kwy0jo Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3RFf58D Follow Jason on Twitter: https://twitter.com/jasoncrawford Follow me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/dwarkesh_sp Jason's website: https://jasoncrawford.org/ The Roots of Progress: https://rootsofprogress.org/

🎤 SPEAKERS

• Dwarkesh Patel

  host

• Jason Crawford

  guest

🧾 EPISODE SUMMARY

In this episode of Dwarkesh Podcast, featuring Dwarkesh Patel and Jason Crawford, Jason Crawford - The Roots of Progress & the History of Technology explores jason Crawford Explores Why Progress Happened—and How To Protect It Jason Crawford discusses his work at The Roots of Progress, focusing on how technological, scientific, and social advances created modern prosperity and why continued progress is neither automatic nor guaranteed.

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