What's New Under the Sun

How policymakers actually get things done

A newsletter about macroscientific theory, policy, and strategy

Thoughts about existential risk, history, climate, food security and societal collapse.

This blog takes Robert Solow seriously

The history of technology and the philosophy of progress—a digest of posts from rootsofprogress.org

Deeper into movies (and a little TV). Essays, reviews, conversation. Past and present. From the editors of The Dissolve.

Historical analyses for those building a new generation of research orgs

Essays about buildings, infrastructure, and industrial technology.

Political Communication, Social Science Methodology, and how the internet intersects each

Economics and other interesting stuff

Tales from the history of innovation.