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We Need a New Science of Progress

Patrick Collison & Tyler Cowen · 2019

"We should study the causes of scientific and economic progress as a rigorous discipline to accelerate it."

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Patrick Collison and Tyler Cowen argue that 'Progress'—the economic, technological, and scientific advancement of humanity—should be studied as a dedicated academic discipline, because our current rate of progress is stalling.

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