Originally written by Jason Crawford for his The Roots of Progress website Tyler Cowen and Patrick Collison recently published an article in The Atlantic calling for a new discipline of “progress studies”. It met with an enthusiastic response…
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“We Need a New Philosophy of Progress” by Jason Crawford
Originally written by Jason Crawford for his The Roots of Progress website We live in an age that has lost its optimism. Polls show that people think the world is getting…
Social Benefits and Risks of Artificial Intelligence
Please enjoy this post by Guy Morris, researcher and author of the award-winning AI thriller, SWARM, on his upcoming Salon. Happy Reading! —ii Editorial P.S. Check out this interview with…
Interview: ii Host Samuel Arbesman on “Coding as Magic”
Please enjoy this partial transcript of a thought-provoking interview with writer and scientist Samuel Arbesman, as we discuss his adventures in computer programming, word-inventing, and his upcoming Salon, “Coding as…
Anna Grigoryan “On Fangirls, Corporate Dashboards, and Art”
Anna Grigoryan is a writer, recovering overachiever, and founder of Kradl. Please enjoy her thought piece (originally published on Anna’s Substack, Caring About Now), “On fangirls, corporate dashboards, and art.”…
Sophia Kornienko on “The Freedom to Browse”
KORNIENKO コニンコー (Sophia Kornienko), is a journalist, animation artist and the host of the UnschoolingFuture Podcast. Please enjoy this essay (originally published here), introducing her upcoming book, Free To Browse: Organic Contexts…
Interview: ii Host Guy Morris on “Social Benefits and Dangers of Artificial Intelligence”
In an interview with ii Host Guy Morris, researcher and author of the award winning AI thriller, SWARM, we talk about the challenges he faced in his early life, his…
Interview: ii Host Jay Colbert on Cyborgs and Assemblage Theory
Jay Colbert, ii Host, librarian, and self-proclaimed “cyborg nerd,” shares how his love of finding connections led him to host his upcoming ii Salon, “More Human Than Human: An Exploration…
Engineer and the Saint
A Polish engineer’s pursuit to design the perfect spinning wheel for Mahatma Gandhi Originally posted by Niloy Gupta on Substack. Shared with acknowledgment to Irene Karthik and Flick Hardingham for…