The Roots of Progress
The history of technology and the philosophy of progress, plus announcements from the Roots of Progress Institute
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We’re hiring: Event Manager & Education Program Operations Manager (opens the original)
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We’re growing our team. The Roots of Progress Institute is hiring for two additional roles:Event ManagerEducation Program Operations ManagerBoth roles are full-time, fully remote, and based in the United States.We also have three other roles still open:Development Manager<a href="https://rootsof
Meet the 2026 Blog-Building Intensive Fellows (opens the original)
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Wanted: Development Manager (opens the original)
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The Roots of Progress Institute (RPI) is hiring for a new role:Development ManagerWe also have two roles recently announced that are still open:Head of ContentProgram Manager, FellowshipsPlease apply if i
We're hiring a Head of Content and a Program Manager (opens the original)
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The Roots of Progress Institute (RPI) is hiring for two new roles. Please apply if interested, or share these opportunities with great candidates! Here are shareable links to individual roles; the full text of both is also included below:Head of ContentProgram Manager, FellowshipsBoth are full-time, fully remote (North America–based).<d
“If it is ever proper for man to kneel” (opens the original)
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It is in this context, from the perspective of the bloody millennia of mankind's history, that I want you to look at the birth of a miracle: the United States of America. If it is ever proper for man to kneel, we should kneel when we read the Declaration of Independence.Ayn Rand, “A Nation’s Unity”A bonus post for Independence Day 250:In a 1972 speech, Ayn Rand put the founding of America into the grand historical context of the problem of human violence. I love this because it is a story of pro
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