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I have been an enthusiastic member of the Progress studies movement since just after its announcement in 2019. In fact, if you include the time when I was conducting research for my From Poverty to Progress book series, I was a “member” long before it was even created!
Today’s post is to encourage you to subscribe to other Substack columns that focus on the topic of progress. Below is a partial list of the Substack columns that I know about. I am sure that there are others. I am generally casting a pretty wide net as to what consists of progress.
If you know any other columns that qualify, please respond with a link in the comments. If you are the author on the list, feel free to comment with a one-line summary of the main topic of your column.
If you are a supporter of Progress, please repost this article or create Notes that link to this list so we can get as many people as possible to subscribe!
At the top of the list are Substack columns that have dozens or hundreds of posts on the topic of progress. Towards the bottom are new columns or those that post on the topic less frequently. I also added a brief note on the general focus of the Substack columns.
In addition, I have a list of many other progress-related sites on the internet on my personal website (though I have not curated the list for a few years).
Progress-related Substack columns:
From Poverty to Progress by Michael Magoon (yes, I know that this is a shameless promotion, but I made the list!)
Risk & Progress by JK Lund
Faster, Please! by James Pethokoukis (a conservative take on progress)
Construction Physics by Brian Potter (housing construction and technology from a technical point-of-view
The Roots of Progress by Jason Crawford (technological innovation, the history of industrialization, and the philosophy of progress).
Age of Invention by Anton Howes (history of technology with particular focus on pre-Industrial Britain)
What’s New Under the Sun by Matt Clancy (review and analysis of the academic literature on technological innovation)
Gale Winds by Gale Pooley (evidence for progress)
Michael’s Newsletter by Michael Goff
Elysian by Elle Griffin
Maximum Progress by Maxwell Tabarrok (mathematics, economics, history, science, philosophy, and culture)
Writes Ruxandra Teslo by Ruxandra Teslo
Skepsis by Philip Skogsberg
Kinetic Reviews by Madeline Zimmerman (military and defense technology)
City of Yes by Ryan Puzycki (urban issues)
Maarten Boudry (human progress, cultural evolution, climate & energy, effective altruism, science & pseudoscience, and conspiracy theories)
Some less active Progress-related columns
Jennifer Morales (nature, energy, and economics)
Charting Progress by Jeremy Côté Charting Progress
Alex Telford (science, biology, and biotech industry)
Grant Dever (strategies and systems for emerging leaders)
Words to the WHYS on Healthcare by Tina March Dalton (health care, Covid, and economics of health care) Words to the WHYs on Healthcare
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So let’s get started subscribing and reading about progress! And you might also be interested in reading my “From Poverty to Progress” book series.
I will be using this list to find new Substacks to subscribe to. Thank you Michael.
You might want to consider Austin Vernon as well, some posts are very appropriate for the area
https://austinvernon.site/index.html