The Roots of Progress | Jason Crawford | Substack

How to tame a complex system

We can't predict or control them—but that doesn't matter

Jan 5 • Jason Crawford

What RPI and I were up to in the ninth year of this project

Dec 31, 2025 • Jason Crawford

The Techno-Humanist Manifesto, wrapup and publishing announcement

Revised version to be published by MIT Press

Dec 29, 2025 • Jason Crawford

American Dynamism: Progress begins at home

Talks and writing from Progress Conference 2025

Dec 23, 2025 • Ben Thomas

Links and short notes, 2025-12-19

Claude’s soul, industrial leapfrogging, slop from the 1700s, the genius of Jeff Dean, and much more

Dec 19, 2025 • Jason Crawford

The Roots of Progress

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