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⤴⤵ Up Wing/Down Wing #53
A curated selection of pro-progress and anti-progress news items from the week that was
Jul 19
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James Pethokoukis
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🏫⤴ Why every student should study the history of progress (Flashback Friday)
Schools should teach how the modern world was made as foundational knowledge, not enrichment
Jul 18
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James Pethokoukis
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✨🤖 3 ways that AI could kill us all
Good news: These scenarios are really unlikely and preventing them doesn't require banning or halting the further development of artificial intelligence
Jul 17
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James Pethokoukis
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🐼 😲 Bracing for China Shock 2.0
A smart techno-strategy builds on US strengths
Jul 16
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James Pethokoukis
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📉 🔙 Another terrible degrowth argument
Market capitalism works pretty well. Deal with it.
Jul 15
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James Pethokoukis
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⤴⤵ Up Wing/Down Wing #52
A curated selection of pro-progress and anti-progress news items from the week that was
Jul 12
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James Pethokoukis
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🔚 Lessons from the end of the world: Why we take civilization for granted
The degrowth dream of a 'simpler life' isn’t about escaping modernity — it’s about buying a curated version, one with solar panels, trust funds, and…
Jul 11
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James Pethokoukis
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🔚 Lessons from the end of the world: Why we take civilization for granted
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🎇 An age of transformation: My chat (+transcript) with techno-futurist Peter Leyden
Faster, Please! — The Podcast #78
Jul 10
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James Pethokoukis
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🗽⤴ Elon Musk's America Party: Is It Up Wing?
Not as pro-progress as you might expect from the political project of a technology entrepreneur
Jul 9
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James Pethokoukis
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🗽⤴ Elon Musk's America Party: Is It Up Wing?
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🌎🎇 Geopolitics + superintelligence: 8 scenarios
In the global race to AGI, second place is the first loser
Jul 7
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James Pethokoukis
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⤴⤵ Up Wing/Down Wing #51
A curated selection of pro-progress and anti-progress news items from the week that was
Jul 5
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James Pethokoukis
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🗽 America at (almost) 250: It still works!
As the US Semiquincentennial approaches, national decline is neither inevitable nor likely in the 21st century
Jul 4
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James Pethokoukis
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