Jason Crawford
@jasoncrawford.org
The Roots of Progress (rootsofprogress.org)
Reminds me of this from “The Curse of Xanadu” by Gary Wolf in WIRED (1995)
May 2, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Reminds me of this from “The Curse of Xanadu” by Gary Wolf in WIRED (1995)
Was in Mojave today for the first Boom supersonic flight test! Amazing accomplishment, after over a decade of work. Congrats to the entire team!
January 28, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Was in Mojave today for the first Boom supersonic flight test! Amazing accomplishment, after over a decade of work. Congrats to the entire team!
1901:
• federal budget $0.35B
• national debt ~$1B
• largest US co market cap: $1.4B
Today:
• federal budget $6.75T
• national debt $36T
• largest US co market cap: $3.7T
(not adjusted for inflation, the point is the ratios)
• federal budget $0.35B
• national debt ~$1B
• largest US co market cap: $1.4B
Today:
• federal budget $6.75T
• national debt $36T
• largest US co market cap: $3.7T
(not adjusted for inflation, the point is the ratios)
December 3, 2024 at 7:59 PM
1901:
• federal budget $0.35B
• national debt ~$1B
• largest US co market cap: $1.4B
Today:
• federal budget $6.75T
• national debt $36T
• largest US co market cap: $3.7T
(not adjusted for inflation, the point is the ratios)
• federal budget $0.35B
• national debt ~$1B
• largest US co market cap: $1.4B
Today:
• federal budget $6.75T
• national debt $36T
• largest US co market cap: $3.7T
(not adjusted for inflation, the point is the ratios)
Today, The Roots of Progress officially becomes the Roots of Progress Institute (RPI).
The new name represents the new identity we took on ever since we announced our first program last year, the Roots of Progress Fellowship.
Announcement: rootsofprogress.org/new-name-and...
The new name represents the new identity we took on ever since we announced our first program last year, the Roots of Progress Fellowship.
Announcement: rootsofprogress.org/new-name-and...
June 25, 2024 at 2:25 PM
Today, The Roots of Progress officially becomes the Roots of Progress Institute (RPI).
The new name represents the new identity we took on ever since we announced our first program last year, the Roots of Progress Fellowship.
Announcement: rootsofprogress.org/new-name-and...
The new name represents the new identity we took on ever since we announced our first program last year, the Roots of Progress Fellowship.
Announcement: rootsofprogress.org/new-name-and...
The early history of steam power, with interactive animated diagrams! From Hero's engine to Savery's pump, with many highlights in between that aren't in the standard telling of this story
Text by @antonhowes.bsky.social, animations by Matt Brown
rootsofprogress.org/steam-engine...
Text by @antonhowes.bsky.social, animations by Matt Brown
rootsofprogress.org/steam-engine...
November 29, 2023 at 6:34 PM
The early history of steam power, with interactive animated diagrams! From Hero's engine to Savery's pump, with many highlights in between that aren't in the standard telling of this story
Text by @antonhowes.bsky.social, animations by Matt Brown
rootsofprogress.org/steam-engine...
Text by @antonhowes.bsky.social, animations by Matt Brown
rootsofprogress.org/steam-engine...
Quote quiz: who said this? (No fair looking it up). I have modified the original quotation slightly, by making a handful of word substitutions to bring it up to date.
I’ll post the answer, and the unedited original quotation, next week.
I’ll post the answer, and the unedited original quotation, next week.
April 27, 2023 at 3:23 PM
Quote quiz: who said this? (No fair looking it up). I have modified the original quotation slightly, by making a handful of word substitutions to bring it up to date.
I’ll post the answer, and the unedited original quotation, next week.
I’ll post the answer, and the unedited original quotation, next week.