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Maverick, the first dog on Mars
A Progress Story
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Progress is The End of Desperation
Thoughts from a biography of George Washington: His Excellency
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Technology Development and the Collapse of IDM 2.0
Silicon Statesmanship #5: Explaining TD, TD culture, and how it hobbles IDMs
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You Are Not Worried Enough About Nuclear Proliferation
This topic is a far cry from my typical interests and experiences.
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Kinds of Abundance
An Outline of Winning Conditions for Progress
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Failure Mode: Welchification
American Reindustrialization Must Learn from GE’s Mistakes
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Charting a Path for US Material Progress after the China Shock
A nation’s competitiveness depends on the capacity of its industry to innovate and upgrade.
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Material Progress Needs You
All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.
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All Progress Goes Through Cost Accounting
Previously: Roots of Progress Fellowship
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Happy Future
Happy Future
A Substack by Rob L'Heureux (literally, The Happy in French) focused on how industry makes material progress happen across the worlds of bits and atoms.
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