Harnessing tools to accelerate human advancement.
Meta-tools are the methods and frameworks that help us make progress more effectively. These tools range from improving our scientific methods and enhancing rational thinking to designing better governance systems and fostering innovation. By using these meta-tools, we can address complex challenges and drive meaningful advancements across various fields more effectively.
- Moral Progress vs. the Simple Passage of Time - Holden Karnofsky. How to potentially distinguish value drift from moral progress
- Differential Technology Development - Jack. On slowing down technologies that increase existential risk, while advancing those that reduce it. Forum/Blog-post
- We need a new philosophy of progress - Traces the rise, fall, and potential revival of optimism about human progress. From Enlightenment ideals to 19th-century breakthroughs and 20th-century disillusionment, the essay argues for a renewed philosophy of progress that confronts challenges while envisioning a positive future. Advocates for learning from history to inspire solutions and avoid stagnation in the 21st century.