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We're hiring a Head of Communications and a Program Manager. Help us build a culture of progress and restore an ambitious vision for the future:
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We at @rootsofprogress are hiring a Head of Communications, and a Program Manager for our fellowship!
Head of Comms will own our online audiences (60k Substack, 43k Twitter) and all our launches and announcements, including my book launch next year. You will work directly with me to broadcast our ideas and amplify the work of our fantastic team. No slop or clickbait allowed. Great for someone in the progress community who is Very Online
Program Manager, Fellowships will take over the excellent Blog-Building Intensive, working directly with the fabulous @elmcaleavy and our 100+ fellows. Great for someone highly organized who also loves helping people grow
Bonus perk of both roles: an invite and free ticket to our annual Progress Conference!
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I’ll be speaking at Progress Conference this year, on What Progress Has There Been in Education? (Ever, so 6th c. BCE to present.)
Most importantly I’ll be there to hang out. Come!
Roots of Progress Institute@rootsofprogress
Progress Conference 2026 will again be a main event for the progress community. In the last two months we’ve added 10 more speakers: @Bill_Gross @deanwball @mbateman @Madeline_Zimm @minney_cat @_brianpotter @noor_siddiqui_ @JacobSteinhardt @woj_zaremba @devonzuegel … and a few more still to be announced. Many thanks to our 11 additional sponsors including: @RenPhilanthropy, @HalcyonFutures, @InclsvAbundance, @StandTogether, @HumanProgress, Kindred Subjects (@joshua__hone ), @yimbyaction, Arboreal Capital Management, @cal_alive, Recoding America Fund, and Sentinel Bio. Our speaker list is now closed—we’ve started a list for 2027—and we’re excited about lots of attendee-organized sessions too. This is the third annual progress conference, and we received well over 700 applications to attend, more than any other year so far. Our open application window is now closed and the conference will be sold out any day. With this much interest, it’s clear that the progress movement is growing. There’s more than enough excited, passionate people to fill multiple conferences, workshops, regional events, and so on. We’ll keep working to build the progress community, and we hope to partner with more organizations to create more in-person gatherings.
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I'm really looking forward to joining all these great speakers at the 2026 Progress Conference in Berkeley (October)
I love that that progress movement is focusing on the question of how we make it easier to build the future
For me, that question starts with cities. We need urban housing, neighborhoods, and development models that are compatible with rising living standards and family life.
Can’t wait to be part of this conversation.
Roots of Progress Institute@rootsofprogress
Progress Conference 2026 will again be a main event for the progress community. In the last two months we’ve added 10 more speakers: @Bill_Gross @deanwball @mbateman @Madeline_Zimm @minney_cat @_brianpotter @noor_siddiqui_ @JacobSteinhardt @woj_zaremba @devonzuegel … and a few more still to be announced. Many thanks to our 11 additional sponsors including: @RenPhilanthropy, @HalcyonFutures, @InclsvAbundance, @StandTogether, @HumanProgress, Kindred Subjects (@joshua__hone ), @yimbyaction, Arboreal Capital Management, @cal_alive, Recoding America Fund, and Sentinel Bio. Our speaker list is now closed—we’ve started a list for 2027—and we’re excited about lots of attendee-organized sessions too. This is the third annual progress conference, and we received well over 700 applications to attend, more than any other year so far. Our open application window is now closed and the conference will be sold out any day. With this much interest, it’s clear that the progress movement is growing. There’s more than enough excited, passionate people to fill multiple conferences, workshops, regional events, and so on. We’ll keep working to build the progress community, and we hope to partner with more organizations to create more in-person gatherings.
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More info: rootsofprogress.org/conference/
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We’ll record the speaker talks again, so anyone can watch those shortly after the conference. You can watch talks from 2024 and 2025 here: @rootsofprogress" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">youtube.com/@rootsofprogre…
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Progress Conference 2026 will again be a main event for the progress community. In the last two months we’ve added 10 more speakers:
@Bill_Gross
@deanwball
@mbateman
@Madeline_Zimm
@minney_cat
@_brianpotter
@noor_siddiqui_
@JacobSteinhardt
@woj_zaremba
@devonzuegel
… and a few more still to be announced.
Many thanks to our 11 additional sponsors including: @RenPhilanthropy, @HalcyonFutures, @InclsvAbundance, @StandTogether, @HumanProgress, Kindred Subjects (@joshua__hone ), @yimbyaction, Arboreal Capital Management, @cal_alive, Recoding America Fund, and Sentinel Bio.
Our speaker list is now closed—we’ve started a list for 2027—and we’re excited about lots of attendee-organized sessions too.
This is the third annual progress conference, and we received well over 700 applications to attend, more than any other year so far. Our open application window is now closed and the conference will be sold out any day.
With this much interest, it’s clear that the progress movement is growing. There’s more than enough excited, passionate people to fill multiple conferences, workshops, regional events, and so on. We’ll keep working to build the progress community, and we hope to partner with more organizations to create more in-person gatherings.
Roots of Progress Institute@rootsofprogress
Announcing Progress Conference 2026 Hosted by @rootsofprogress with @abundanceinst @foresightinst @JoinFAI @HumanProgress @IFP @TheIHS and @WorksInProgMag. Speakers include @tylercowen @dmitri_dolgov Michael Kremer, John Martinis, Stephen Winchell. Oct 8-11 • Berkeley, CA Other fantastic speakers: @A_G_I_Joe @jasoncrawford @erika_alden_d @kesvelt @_alice_evans @bobbyfijan @Gena_I_Gorlin @akoustov @moxie @AndrewMillerYYZ @Brendan_McCord @patio11 @ryanzip @UrbanCourtyard @KelseyTuoc @brianpotter @rSanti97 @noor_siddiqui @mspringut @Vernon3Austin @Scott_Wiener … and more to come. A big thanks to our early sponsors: @coeff_giving @AsteraInstitute @JaneStreetGroup Ken Broad @WorksInProgMag @LENSDetect @MNX_fi @ArchbridgeInst @GoodSciProject @TheIHS @CirculateSD @feeonline (Sponsorship opportunities still available). Four days of intellectual exploration, inspiration, and interaction that will help shape the progress movement into a cultural force. Tracks this year explore Human Talent & Potential, AI & Robotics, and Security & Resilience. Participants will attend talks on topics ranging from drone delivery to housing construction to psychology and philosophy of builders, organize and run unconference sessions, mingle in garden, and more. Thursday and Sunday are add-on days, with optional gatherings for interest groups and other activities like factory tours to Bay Area startups. We're excited to continue this regular gathering of the progress community. Let's get together again in Berkeley this fall!
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Jefferson in 1826 (declining, for health reasons, an invitation to an America's 50th celebration):
“I should, indeed, with peculiar delight, have met and exchanged there congratulations personally with the small band, the remnant of that host of worthies, who joined with us on that day, in the bold and doubtful election we were to make for our country, between submission or the sword; and to have enjoyed with them the consolatory fact, that our fellow citizens, after half a century of experience and prosperity, continue to approve the choice we made.
“May it be to the world, what I believe it will be, (to some parts sooner, to others later, but finally to all), the Signal of arousing men to burst the chains, under which monkish ignorance and superstition had persuaded them to bind themselves, and to assume the blessings & security of self-government. That form which we have substituted, restores the free right to the unbounded exercise of reason and freedom of opinion.
“All eyes are opened, or opening, to the rights of man. The general spread of the light of science has already laid open to every view the palpable truth, that the mass of mankind has not been born with saddles on their backs, nor a favored few booted and spurred, ready to ride them legitimately, by the grace of god.
“These are grounds of hope for others. For ourselves, let the annual return of this day forever refresh our recollections of these rights, and an undiminished devotion to them.”
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The greatest political document ever written.
Read it, in full—every year, but especially today:
The Declaration of Independence@DeclIndepUSA
250 years ago today: In Congress, July 4, 1776 The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America. When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another…
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Apply here by the end of June 5th: rootsofprogress.typeform.com/pc26-apply
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3 days left to apply to attend Progress Conference 2026!
We extended the deadline by just a few days.
If you're interested in attending, please fill out the form below by June 5th. We've received almost 700 applications so far. We're looking forward to another great event.
Roots of Progress Institute@rootsofprogress
Announcing Progress Conference 2026 Hosted by @rootsofprogress with @abundanceinst @foresightinst @JoinFAI @HumanProgress @IFP @TheIHS and @WorksInProgMag. Speakers include @tylercowen @dmitri_dolgov Michael Kremer, John Martinis, Stephen Winchell. Oct 8-11 • Berkeley, CA Other fantastic speakers: @A_G_I_Joe @jasoncrawford @erika_alden_d @kesvelt @_alice_evans @bobbyfijan @Gena_I_Gorlin @akoustov @moxie @AndrewMillerYYZ @Brendan_McCord @patio11 @ryanzip @UrbanCourtyard @KelseyTuoc @brianpotter @rSanti97 @noor_siddiqui @mspringut @Vernon3Austin @Scott_Wiener … and more to come. A big thanks to our early sponsors: @coeff_giving @AsteraInstitute @JaneStreetGroup Ken Broad @WorksInProgMag @LENSDetect @MNX_fi @ArchbridgeInst @GoodSciProject @TheIHS @CirculateSD @feeonline (Sponsorship opportunities still available). Four days of intellectual exploration, inspiration, and interaction that will help shape the progress movement into a cultural force. Tracks this year explore Human Talent & Potential, AI & Robotics, and Security & Resilience. Participants will attend talks on topics ranging from drone delivery to housing construction to psychology and philosophy of builders, organize and run unconference sessions, mingle in garden, and more. Thursday and Sunday are add-on days, with optional gatherings for interest groups and other activities like factory tours to Bay Area startups. We're excited to continue this regular gathering of the progress community. Let's get together again in Berkeley this fall!
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Applications are open until June 1st for the 2026 Roots of Progress Blog-Building Intensive! Launch a blog and improve your progress-focused writing with expert guidance and an amazing community progress builders, writers and intellectuals.
You'll learn from a phenomenal advisor lineup including @tylercowen, @_brianpotter, @elidourado, @vpostrel, @_alice_evans, @kesvelt, @glukianoff, @akoustov, @Brendan_McCord, and Elle Griffin.
RPI fellows are now leading conversations on AI policy, transportation, agriculture, biotech, housing abundance, and more—with work appearing in major outlets like the Washington Post, the Wall Street Journal, The New York Times and the Atlantic.
What you'll get: Launch/re-launch a blog/Substack, develop consistent writing habits, improve your craft, build your audience, and connect with progress studies leaders and build community with engaged, thoughtful fellow writers.
During the 10-week program, you'll write and publish 4 essays with feedback from our developmental editor @MikeRiggs, the RPI team, and your fellow writers.
This year features two tracks, in addition to our general progress track: human flourishing & potential and security & resilience. We welcome fellows writing on ANY progress topic, but a handful of spots will be reserved for these tracks.
BONUS: Attend a 3-day in-person retreat in Pennsylvania and receive a free ticket to the invitation-only 2026 Progress Conference with ~400 authors, technologists, policy experts, academics, and nonprofit leaders. Meet your peers and your heroes!
This is for you if: You're passionate about progress studies and love writing. Maybe you want to explore a writing career, join a think tank, write to build community around a cause area, and of course take your existing blog to the next level.
Commitment: 10–15 hours weekly for 10 weeks (July 27–Oct 2). The weekend retreat is August 20–23. There is no cost to participate.
Applications close June 1st!
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Applications are open until June 1st for the 2025 Roots of Progress Blog-Building Intensive! Launch a blog and improve your progress-focused writing with expert guidance and an amazing community progress builders, writers and intellectuals.
You'll learn from a phenomenal advisor lineup including @tylercowen, @_brianpotter, @elidourado, @vpostrel, @_alice_evans, @kesvelt, @glukianoff, @akoustov, @Brendan_McCord, and Elle Griffin.
RPI fellows are now leading conversations on AI policy, transportation, agriculture, biotech, housing abundance, and more—with work appearing in major outlets like the Washington Post, the Wall Street Journal, The New York Times and the Atlantic.
What you'll get: Launch/re-launch a blog/Substack, develop consistent writing habits, improve your craft, build your audience, and connect with progress studies leaders and build community with engaged, thoughtful fellow writers.
During the 10-week program, you'll write and publish 4 essays with feedback from our developmental editor @MikeRiggs, the RPI team, and your fellow writers.
This year features two tracks, in addition to our general progress track: human flourishing & potential and security & resilience. We welcome fellows writing on ANY progress topic, but a handful of spots will be reserved for these tracks.
BONUS: Attend a 3-day in-person retreat in Pennsylvania and receive a free ticket to the invitation-only 2026 Progress Conference with ~400 authors, technologists, policy experts, academics, and nonprofit leaders. Meet your peers and your heroes!
This is for you if: You're passionate about progress studies and love writing. Maybe you want to explore a writing career, join a think tank, write to build community around a cause area, and of course take your existing blog to the next level.
Commitment: 10–15 hours weekly for 10 weeks (July 27–Oct 2). The weekend retreat is August 20–23. There is no cost to participate.
Applications close June 1st!
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If you were looking for information about this year's Progress Conference, Blog-Building Intensive writers fellowship, or other programs, please return!
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The @rootsofprogress website has been hacked and vandalized. We are aware of the problem and working to fix it. Sorry about this.
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