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>>jasonc+(OP)
rootsofprogress.org? Funded by "Emergent Ventures," some affiliate of Marginal Revolution University... Whose narrative am I looking at here?

Honest question. Anyone know?

>>topspi+6K
Jason Crawford was apparently investigating this topic before the somewhat notable / notorious article by Collison and Cowan's "We Need A Science of Progress" article (https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2019/07/we-need-...). He's increased efforts since.

https://rootsofprogress.org/about

My read is that Crawford's hitting some good points, though he's bringing an ideology and some preconceptions to bear which are probably harmful to a full understanding. There's a fairly strong Libertarian bent (despite Cowan himself recently putting distance between himself and that theology).

https://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2020/01/wh...

He's been making a point of hitting numerous podcasts and YouTube channels. Just gave a talk at the Presidio:

https://www.invidio.us/watch?v=SCf44d7txcA

While I'd challenge multiple assumptions and interpretations, his reading list (to the extent it's been mentioned in the few talks/articles I've read) is generally good.