Okay, today I had the pleasure of speaking with Jason Crawford.
He's a former tech startup founder, and now he writes at the Roots of Progress.
He has these posts that are very well researched and insightful about the history of technology and industry.
And he's filled the gap, at least in my education, and I suspect many others,
of the history of progress and its consequences and the lessons we can learn from it.
So, Jason, it's very nice to talk to you.
Yeah, thanks so much for having me.
Of course.
And can you just tell us before we get into the weeds?
what you're doing in the Roots of Progress.
Yeah, sure.
I write about the history of technology and the philosophy of progress.
So the Roots of Progress looks at how did over the last, you know,
couple of hundred years, how did we create this amazing world around us and this really wonderful,
incredible standard of living that we now enjoy that is, you know, so much,
but life is just so much better in so many ways and almost every way that it was.
about 200, 250 years ago or so.
Really, even then, if you compare to 100 years ago or 50 years ago, things just keep getting better.
And this phenomenon is unprecedented in history for thousands, tens of thousands of years.
As far as back as you want to go, really,