Notes on Progress

Notes on Progress

Diaries on research and progress from the Works in Progress extended universe.

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Notes on Progress: Growing Forests

As countries develop, deforestation drops

Oct 12 •

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Whatever happened to the industrial R&D lab?

From the Works in Progress archives.

Sep 28 •

Notes on Progress: The value of family

Traditional values don't deliver babies

Sep 18 •

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Notes on Progress: The eye of the tiger

What makes tigers different from one another?

Jun 8 •

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Notes on Progress: Degrowth and the monkey's paw

Notes on Progress are pieces that are a bit too short to run on Works in Progress. You can opt out of Notes here. Fifteen years ago, when I worked in…

May 15

Notes on Progress: A winter's tale

Melting snow can make the season easier

May 4 •

Manosij ‘Mano’ Majumdar

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Notes on Progress: Artificial flavoring

"Artificial" didn't scare Americans in the 19th century. Why does it scare us now?

Apr 6 •

Virginia Postrel

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