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Roots of Progress Institute retweeted
Fun abundance and progress conversation covering the Build America Caucus, 21st Century ROAD to Housing, BAAJA, and so much more with @JoshHarder @RepJoshHarder at the @rootsofprogress conference
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Immaculate vibes and fantastic discussion. Well done, @rootsofprogress – at Berkeley, CA
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The folks at @rootsofprogress are looking for talent in a few different roles:
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We're hiring! For several roles, including a Head of Content, a Development Manager, an Events Manager, and a few Program Managers
You'll join a small team that operates with high autonomy—and you will help rebuild a culture of progress and an ambitious vision of the future.
Please send your best referrals to @jasoncrawford, DMs open—anyone you highly recommend, even if they're not gettable right now.
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RPI is growing. Come work with me! Especially on events, but we have other exciting roles too.
The fight is against doom and gloom. We can have a bold, ambitious vision for our technological future -- one that I want my grandkids to grow up in! -- there is much work to do.
We're hiring! For several roles, including a Head of Content, a Development Manager, an Events Manager, and a few Program Managers
You'll join a small team that operates with high autonomy—and you will help rebuild a culture of progress and an ambitious vision of the future.
Please send your best referrals to @jasoncrawford, DMs open—anyone you highly recommend, even if they're not gettable right now.
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Roots of Progress Institute retweeted
stumbled into Roots of Progress scene a month ago and it's already changing my life, please come help if you are Head of Content/Development Manager / Events Manager / Program Manager material
probably way cooler that whatever else you were managing tbh
We're hiring! For several roles, including a Head of Content, a Development Manager, an Events Manager, and a few Program Managers
You'll join a small team that operates with high autonomy—and you will help rebuild a culture of progress and an ambitious vision of the future.
Please send your best referrals to @jasoncrawford, DMs open—anyone you highly recommend, even if they're not gettable right now.
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Roots of Progress Institute retweeted
Terrific opportunities at an important institution:
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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Roots of Progress Institute retweeted
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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Roots of Progress Institute retweeted
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!
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.
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 retweeted
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.”
Roots of Progress Institute retweeted
The greatest political document ever written.
Read it, in full—every year, but especially today:
Roots of Progress Institute retweeted
Do I know anyone / have any contacts at Intuitive Surgical, makers of the da Vinci robot?
Want to ask them about a possible student tour for a @rootsofprogress program
Roots of Progress Institute retweeted
Always a blast.
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!
Roots of Progress Institute retweeted
Very excitedly looking forward to this.
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!
Roots of Progress Institute retweeted
Best conference of the year!
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!
Roots of Progress Institute retweeted
I really enjoyed this event last year, and will be attending and speaking this year.
My pitch for tech-adjacent people is "Have you ever wanted to turn tech's competence into tangible results in physical world?"
My pitch for policy-adjacent people... pretty much the same.
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!
Roots of Progress Institute retweeted
One of the best events of the year for me!
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!
Roots of Progress Institute retweeted
so excited to collaborate with @rootsofprogress @HumanProgress @JoinFAI @IFP @TheIHS and @WorksInProgMag on this year's progress conference, making october the busiest time in the bay 3 years in a row now... come!
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!
Roots of Progress Institute retweeted
Applications to the 2026 @rootsofprogress Blog-Building Intensive are open. If you're tired of "things should be better" without specifics, this is where you learn to write the specifics. Help us thrive. Apply.
Announcing the 2026 Roots of Progress Blog-Building Intensive
Apply to the 4th cohort of this highly-regarded program for progress writers and intellectuals!
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