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Announcing Progress Conference 2026

Oct 8–11 in Berkeley, CA: A four-day event to connect people in the progress movement

Apr 20 • Ben Thomas

AI is already 10x-ing academic research. How do we get to 100x?

Agentic AI could unlock social science abundance

Apr 16 • Andy Hall

Teaching Progress Studies at Universities

A workshop for professors, May 21–24 in DC, hosted by RPI & JHU

Apr 13 • Ben Thomas

Announcing the 2026 Roots of Progress Blog-Building Intensive

Apply to the 4th cohort of this highly-regarded program for progress writers and intellectuals

Apr 6 • Emma McAleavy

Reflections on six weeks of coding with Claude

Mar 4 • Jason Crawford

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