Jason Crawford @jasoncrawford.org · 02/05/2025Reminds me of this from “The Curse of Xanadu” by Gary Wolf in WIRED (1995) 060
Jason Crawford @jasoncrawford.org · 28/01/2025Was in Mojave today for the first Boom supersonic flight test! Amazing accomplishment, after over a decade of work. Congrats to the entire team! 0130
Jason Crawford @jasoncrawford.org · 03/12/20241901: • federal budget $0.35B • national debt ~$1B • largest US co market cap: $1.4B Today: • federal budget $6.75T • national debt $36T • largest US co market cap: $3.7T (not adjusted for inflation, the point is the ratios) 160
Jason Crawford @jasoncrawford.org · 25/06/2024Today, The Roots of Progress officially becomes the Roots of Progress Institute (RPI). The new name represents the new identity we took on ever since we announced our first program last year, the Roots of Progress Fellowship. Announcement: rootsofprogress.org/new-name-and... 020
Jason Crawford @jasoncrawford.org · 29/11/2023The early history of steam power, with interactive animated diagrams! From Hero's engine to Savery's pump, with many highlights in between that aren't in the standard telling of this story Text by @antonhowes.bsky.social, animations by Matt Brown rootsofprogress.org/steam-engine... 096
Jason Crawford @jasoncrawford.org · 27/04/2023Quote quiz: who said this? (No fair looking it up). I have modified the original quotation slightly, by making a handful of word substitutions to bring it up to date. I’ll post the answer, and the unedited original quotation, next week. 110
