Jason Crawford (@jasoncrawford), author of The Roots of Progress, joins Erik to discuss:

• The key aspects of human progress.

• The history of progress over time.

• Whether we’ve traded off progress for safety.

• Why the idea of progress is relatively new.

• What the nature of science fiction writing tells us about our vision for progress.

• Why progress happens differently in different domains.

• How to think about safety with respect to new technologies.

• The impacts of slowing population growth.

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