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Grim Old Days: James Wynbrandt’s Excruciating History of Dentistry
Preindustrial dentistry was rife with bizarre remedies and dangerous techniques.
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Weekly Progress Roundup
Sea turtle recovery, new Waymo safety data, a turnaround in US public health, and more.
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Malcolm Cochran
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Home Alone with Pizza Abundance
For the time price of one pizza in 1990, unskilled workers get 3.8 pizzas today.
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Gale Pooley
Weekly Progress Roundup
China fights off the desert, an AI tutor arrives at US schools, Google announces a new quantum chip.
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Malcolm Cochran
How Europe Can Return to Growth
Jon Moynihan joins Marian Tupy to discuss why economic growth matters and how European social democracies can escape stagnation.
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Weekly Progress Roundup
Progress in cruise ships, weather forecasting, and global electricity access.
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Malcolm Cochran
US Workers Can Now Buy Five Times More Finished Goods Than in 1971
1971 did not mark the beginning of an overall decline in US standards of living.
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Weekly Progress Roundup
Chemists are destroying “forever” chemicals, robots are taking over factories, the price of US higher education is falling.
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Malcolm Cochran

November 2024

Reasons to Feel Thankful in 2024
There are so many real reasons for gratitude—regardless of whether or not your preferred candidate won the recent election.
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Human Progress
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Weekly Progress Roundup
AI is becoming more efficient, rising cancer diagnoses signal progress, ChatGPT may replace your doctor.
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Malcolm Cochran
Thanksgiving Dinner Will Be 8.8 Percent Cheaper This Year
Be thankful for the increase in human knowledge that transforms atoms into valuable resources.
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Gale Pooley
Weekly Progress Roundup
Waymo’s expansion continues, robots smooth the demographic transition, researchers develop tool that “harnesses evolution.”
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Malcolm Cochran
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