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Plus: How polyester bounced back, why we duel, and our geothermal future.
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We are pleased to announce that Works in Progress has a new home at Stripe, where we’ll be teaming up with Stripe Press to further ideas for economic, scientific and technological advancement.
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How to build taller skyscrapers, halt plagiarism, avoid housing bubbles, and give more women the chance to have children.
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A new all-encompassing issue on diet pills, asteroids, the housing theory of everything, progressive reasons to have more kids, and more.
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Earlier this year, Works in Progress teamed up with the Oxford Union to deliver three conversations between some of our favorite thinkers. The recordings are now available online.
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Writers such as Nicholas Wade have popularised the idea that Covid-19 originated in a lab, but their arguments are muddled and ignorant of the evidence.
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In trying to defend the humanities, some scholars seem to be addicted to incoherent and unconvincing arguments.
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Some of the clearest thinkers dig into the environmental challenges we face today. Plus, Scott Alexander writes for us on the peculiar link between depression and suicide.
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Funding is at the forefront of policy conversations on how to improve scientific research, but our institutions suffer from larger problems that call for structural reform.
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When it comes to architecture, there is a divide between the preferences of experts and the general public. What do we know about public opinion on architecture?
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We’ve partnered with the Oxford Union to bring you three conversations between some of our favorite thinkers.
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Vaccines have given us a vision of science at its best. We’re back with a new issue of Works in Progress on science in the 21st century and our ambitions for its future.
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What has tech ever done for us? As researchers race to deliver a vaccine for Covid-19, we’ve been reflecting on the drivers of technological progress and the impact technology has had on our lives.
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Remote work has long been viewed with skepticism, and many doubt it will last beyond the pandemic. But what if the benefits of local work are already dwindling?
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If you’ve subscribed to our newsletter, you’ve probably already read some of the writing in our first issue. But what is this project all about? Who are we? And who is the man in the icon of our website?
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How do we compare our life experiences to those of friends and strangers? What is a reference point, what are its consequences & what does it imply for politics today?
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What is the goal of progress studies and how broad should its scope be? Jason Crawford riffs off John Myers’ proposal that it should focus on ways to engineer societal progress.
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It may not be enough to understand which ideas and policies could directly improve our society. We also need to grapple with engineering and maintaining them.
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Although Viktor Zhdanov’s name is little known today, he spearheaded one of the greatest projects in history. Who was he and what did he do?
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Although Viktor Zhdanov's name is little known today, he spearheaded one of the greatest projects in history. Who was he and what did he do?
