Why are we suddenly getting so much better at Tetris? Even though far fewer people play the game now? Surprising implications for mastery in work and life.| Scott H Young
In the last two years, there’s been several billion dollars’ worth of new initiatives that aim to improve how science is done.| nayafia.substack.com
Listen now (79 mins) | IN THIS EPISODE: OpenPhil CEO Alexander Berger interviews economist Matt Clancy and Stripe co-founder Patrick Collison to talk about whether science itself is slowing down, one of the key motivating concerns in metascience.| www.macroscience.org
The apparent rate of biomedical progress has never been greater.| Markov Bio
For those who sit between science and tech, it’s hard not to notice the proliferation of new initiatives launched in the last two years, aimed at making major improvements in the life sciences especially.| Nadia Asparouhova
Critics of scientific reform maintain that transparency comes at the cost of speed.| worksinprogress.co
Scientific research today is afflicted by poor reliability and low utility, despite the best efforts of individual researchers.| worksinprogress.co
We intend to improve incentives in science by developing smart research contracts.| atoms.org
[This post was up a few weeks ago before getting taken down for complicated reasons. They have been sorted out and I’m trying again.] Is scientific progress slowing down? I recently got a cha…| Slate Star Codex
Or: why you should be a lizard| www.experimental-history.com
The long view of economic history says we're in the midst of a huge, unsustainable acceleration. What happens next?| Cold Takes
Why is no composer today as acclaimed as Beethoven, no author as acclaimed as Shakespeare? A data-driven look at a few possible explanations.| Cold Takes
OR: How to eat fewer asparagus beetles| www.experimental-history.com
Policies for a High Road, High Performance Economy| Niskanen Center
Why are certain things getting so much more expensive?| patrickcollison.com
Why the greatest scientific experiment in history failed, and why that's a great thing| www.experimental-history.com
Startups screw up sometimes, but making things cheaper is a moral necessity| every.to
