Archive - Messy Progress

Easy Robotics with a 3D Printer and Raspberry Pi

It’s pretty cheap and easy to make something fun.

Feb 10 •

November 2024

Mini-Posts Collection 4 - Election Edition

A brief history of angry elections, Is politics optimized for outrage, Can remote work save the world, What is Democracy and how can we save it, Watch…

Nov 3, 2024 •

September 2024

In Praise of the Beatitudes

Jesus' 9-bullet summary of morality has value even to non-Christians.

Sep 24, 2024 •

Virtue is a Vector

Treating things as good vs bad is too simple.

Sep 10, 2024 •

August 2024

Mini Posts Collection 3 - August 2024

Compromise Coin, Will AI Detach Wealth from Ability, Power flows Up then Down, Lessons from Revolt of the Public, and Empirical Consequentialism

Aug 3, 2024 •

April 2024

February 2024

How AI Will Change Education

Education does lots of things for society. AI will change all of them.

Feb 16, 2024 •

January 2024

Highlights from my Quora Writing

I used to write on Quora. Here is some of what I wrote.

Jan 17, 2024 •

November 2023

October 2023

Genocide isn’t Decolonization

If we let words change their meanings, then sometimes a terrible idea steals the name of a good idea.

Oct 20, 2023 •

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