FYI: I just updated this article to include links to articles that I have written on the topics listed above. I think that it really improves the article for new subscribers.
Should have done that before posting, but I guess that you live and learn. : (
Indeed, Patrick Collison and Tyler Cowen article allowed me to crystallize and describe what it is that I am interested in. No doubt that article has an impact on many others.
Is there any formal coursework for “Progress studies” out there?
I envision something "entry level," that could be taught at libraries for fun (is that a thing?) or community colleges. The goal would not be inundate students with facts and data, but to just establish that 1) Progress is real 2) Here is how it happened/works 3) Why this matters to you, what it means for the future if we cannot keep the effloresce going.
My goal is to progressively condense this information. Newsletter-->Curated essays-->A book-->A course.
The problem is, I cannot devote myself to this full time, I have about 1.5 hours a day to spare.
FYI: I just updated this article to include links to articles that I have written on the topics listed above. I think that it really improves the article for new subscribers.
Should have done that before posting, but I guess that you live and learn. : (
Indeed, Patrick Collison and Tyler Cowen article allowed me to crystallize and describe what it is that I am interested in. No doubt that article has an impact on many others.
Is there any formal coursework for “Progress studies” out there?
Not that I know of. I am trying to help create a framework for how we create one with this series of posts.
If I were still a professor, however, I would be teaching it.
Long term, it's my goal to create some kind of overview course.
I would love to work with you on that one. A little too busy now though.
What age group were you thinking?
I envision something "entry level," that could be taught at libraries for fun (is that a thing?) or community colleges. The goal would not be inundate students with facts and data, but to just establish that 1) Progress is real 2) Here is how it happened/works 3) Why this matters to you, what it means for the future if we cannot keep the effloresce going.
My goal is to progressively condense this information. Newsletter-->Curated essays-->A book-->A course.
The problem is, I cannot devote myself to this full time, I have about 1.5 hours a day to spare.
You have at most seven tiles on your rack in a Scrabble game.