# The Roots of Progress

> The history of technology and the philosophy of progress, plus announcements from the Roots of Progress Institute.

- **Platform:** substack
- **Category:** Science
- **Subscribers:** 62K
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- **Monthly growth:** +1.4%
- **Last updated:** 2026-10-15
- **URL:** https://newsletter.rootsofprogress.org
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## Recent Posts

- [Announcing Progress Conference 2024: Toward Abundant Futures](https://newsletter.rootsofprogress.org/p/announcing-progress-conference-2024)
- [What I've been reading, July–August 2023](https://newsletter.rootsofprogress.org/p/what-ive-been-reading-julyaugust)
- [One man's junk](https://newsletter.rootsofprogress.org/p/137277_one-man-s-junk)
- [What I've been reading, October 2023](https://newsletter.rootsofprogress.org/p/what-ive-been-reading-october-2023)
- [In defense of slop](https://newsletter.rootsofprogress.org/p/in-defense-of-slop)
- [Why you, personally, should want a larger human population](https://newsletter.rootsofprogress.org/p/why-you-personally-should-want-a)
- [Why did we wait so long for the threshing machine?](https://newsletter.rootsofprogress.org/p/13361514_threshing-machine-salon-session-4)
- [Can submarines swim?](https://newsletter.rootsofprogress.org/p/can-submarines-swim)
- [Why Was Progress So Slow In The Past?](https://newsletter.rootsofprogress.org/p/why-was-progress-so-slow-in-the-past)
- [What I've been reading, March 2023](https://newsletter.rootsofprogress.org/p/what-ive-been-reading-march-2023)