Progress studies

Apollo 11 Saturn V lifting off on July 16, 1969. Economist Tyler Cowen believes that the period of American growth prior to the 70s (including government prioritization of space exploration) was due to exploiting "low-hanging fruit" in terms of technology and labor.
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Progress studies is an intellectual movement focused on "figuring out why progress happens and how to make it happen faster." The term "progress studies" was coined in a 2019 article for The Atlantic, entitled "We Need a New Science of Progress" by Tyler Cowen and Patrick Collison.[1][2]

The movement examines progress in standards of living through the lens of science, technology, economics, history, philosophy and culture. It includes work on the definition and measurement of progress, as well as policies and programs aimed at improving the rate of technological innovation.[3]

  1. ^ Collison, Patrick; Cowen, Tyler (July 30, 2019). "We Need a New Science of Progress", The Atlantic
  2. ^ Piper, Kelsey (2022-02-11). "To make progress, we need to study it". Vox. Retrieved 2024-01-01.
  3. ^ Cowen, Tyler; Collison, Patrick. "We Need a New Science of Progress". The Atlantic. Retrieved 30 May 2023.