Founder of the Roots of Progress — a research and education nonprofit studying the history and philosophy of technological progress — and one of the central figures in the Progress Studies movement.
Roots of Progress: Crawford's project is to understand how and why technological and scientific progress happens — to make it legible and repeatable. His Substack and nonprofit document the history of specific technologies (steel, agriculture, medicine) to extract transferable lessons. Represents the Progress Studies movement's attempt to move from 'progress is good' (Pinker) to 'here's how to make more of it.'
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