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Why did we wait so long for the bicycle?
The bicycle, as we know it today, was not invented until the late 1800s. Here are some theories about why
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Industrial Literacy
When you know these facts of history, you understand what “industrial civilization” is and why it is the benefactor of everyone who is lucky enough to live in it
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Selfish reasons to want more humans
A bigger world is better for everyone
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Who regulates the regulators? We need to go beyond review-and-approval
We need to go beyond the review-and-approval paradigm
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What if they gave an Industrial Revolution and nobody came? (2023)
The British Industrial Revolution in Global Perspective, by Robert Allen
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The Commission for Stopping Further Improvements
How to “embarrass and shackle the progress of improvement tomorrow by recording and registering as law the prejudices or errors of today”
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Can growth continue?
A five-minute talk for Ignite Long Now
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Why Pessimism Sounds Smart
Optimism requires believing in an unknown, unproven future
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How factories were made safe
The fundamental cause was a wrong attitude towards the core question: who is responsible for safety?