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Applications are open until June 1st for the 2026 Roots of Progress Blog-Building Intensive! Launch a blog and improve your progress-focused writing with expert guidance and an amazing community progress builders, writers and intellectuals.
You'll learn from a phenomenal advisor lineup including @tylercowen, @_brianpotter, @elidourado, @vpostrel, @_alice_evans, @kesvelt, @glukianoff, @akoustov, @Brendan_McCord, and Elle Griffin.
RPI fellows are now leading conversations on AI policy, transportation, agriculture, biotech, housing abundance, and moreโwith work appearing in major outlets like the Washington Post, the Wall Street Journal, The New York Times and the Atlantic.
What you'll get: Launch/re-launch a blog/Substack, develop consistent writing habits, improve your craft, build your audience, and connect with progress studies leaders and build community with engaged, thoughtful fellow writers.
During the 10-week program, you'll write and publish 4 essays with feedback from our developmental editor @MikeRiggs, the RPI team, and your fellow writers.
This year features two tracks, in addition to our general progress track: human flourishing & potential and security & resilience. We welcome fellows writing on ANY progress topic, but a handful of spots will be reserved for these tracks.
BONUS: Attend a 3-day in-person retreat in Pennsylvania and receive a free ticket to the invitation-only 2026 Progress Conference with ~400 authors, technologists, policy experts, academics, and nonprofit leaders. Meet your peers and your heroes!
This is for you if: You're passionate about progress studies and love writing. Maybe you want to explore a writing career, join a think tank, write to build community around a cause area, and of course take your existing blog to the next level.
Commitment: 10โ15 hours weekly for 10 weeks (July 27โOct 2). The weekend retreat is August 20โ23. There is no cost to participate.
Applications close June 1st!
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3 days left to apply to attend Progress Conference 2026!
We extended the deadline by just a few days.
If you're interested in attending, please fill out the form below by June 5th. We've received almost 700 applications so far. We're looking forward to another great event.
Announcing Progress Conference 2026
Hosted by @rootsofprogress with @abundanceinst @foresightinst @JoinFAI @HumanProgress @IFP @TheIHS and @WorksInProgMag.
Speakers include @tylercowen @dmitri_dolgov Michael Kremer, John Martinis, Stephen Winchell.
Oct 8-11 โข Berkeley, CA
Other fantastic speakers: @A_G_I_Joe @jasoncrawford @erika_alden_d @kesvelt @_alice_evans @bobbyfijan @Gena_I_Gorlin @akoustov @moxie @AndrewMillerYYZ @Brendan_McCord @patio11 @ryanzip @UrbanCourtyard @KelseyTuoc @brianpotter @rSanti97 @noor_siddiqui @mspringut @Vernon3Austin @Scott_Wiener โฆ and more to come.
A big thanks to our early sponsors: @coeff_giving @AsteraInstitute @JaneStreetGroup Ken Broad @WorksInProgMag @LENSDetect @MNX_fi @ArchbridgeInst @GoodSciProject @TheIHS @CirculateSD @feeonline (Sponsorship opportunities still available).
Four days of intellectual exploration, inspiration, and interaction that will help shape the progress movement into a cultural force.
Tracks this year explore Human Talent & Potential, AI & Robotics, and Security & Resilience. Participants will attend talks on topics ranging from drone delivery to housing construction to psychology and philosophy of builders, organize and run unconference sessions, mingle in garden, and more. Thursday and Sunday are add-on days, with optional gatherings for interest groups and other activities like factory tours to Bay Area startups.
We're excited to continue this regular gathering of the progress community. Let's get together again in Berkeley this fall!
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Applications are open until June 1st for the 2026 Roots of Progress Blog-Building Intensive! Launch a blog and improve your progress-focused writing with expert guidance and an amazing community progress builders, writers and intellectuals.
You'll learn from a phenomenal advisor lineup including @tylercowen, @_brianpotter, @elidourado, @vpostrel, @_alice_evans, @kesvelt, @glukianoff, @akoustov, @Brendan_McCord, and Elle Griffin.
RPI fellows are now leading conversations on AI policy, transportation, agriculture, biotech, housing abundance, and moreโwith work appearing in major outlets like the Washington Post, the Wall Street Journal, The New York Times and the Atlantic.
What you'll get: Launch/re-launch a blog/Substack, develop consistent writing habits, improve your craft, build your audience, and connect with progress studies leaders and build community with engaged, thoughtful fellow writers.
During the 10-week program, you'll write and publish 4 essays with feedback from our developmental editor @MikeRiggs, the RPI team, and your fellow writers.
This year features two tracks, in addition to our general progress track: human flourishing & potential and security & resilience. We welcome fellows writing on ANY progress topic, but a handful of spots will be reserved for these tracks.
BONUS: Attend a 3-day in-person retreat in Pennsylvania and receive a free ticket to the invitation-only 2026 Progress Conference with ~400 authors, technologists, policy experts, academics, and nonprofit leaders. Meet your peers and your heroes!
This is for you if: You're passionate about progress studies and love writing. Maybe you want to explore a writing career, join a think tank, write to build community around a cause area, and of course take your existing blog to the next level.
Commitment: 10โ15 hours weekly for 10 weeks (July 27โOct 2). The weekend retreat is August 20โ23. There is no cost to participate.
Applications close June 1st!
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Applications are open until June 1st for the 2025 Roots of Progress Blog-Building Intensive! Launch a blog and improve your progress-focused writing with expert guidance and an amazing community progress builders, writers and intellectuals.
You'll learn from a phenomenal advisor lineup including @tylercowen, @_brianpotter, @elidourado, @vpostrel, @_alice_evans, @kesvelt, @glukianoff, @akoustov, @Brendan_McCord, and Elle Griffin.
RPI fellows are now leading conversations on AI policy, transportation, agriculture, biotech, housing abundance, and moreโwith work appearing in major outlets like the Washington Post, the Wall Street Journal, The New York Times and the Atlantic.
What you'll get: Launch/re-launch a blog/Substack, develop consistent writing habits, improve your craft, build your audience, and connect with progress studies leaders and build community with engaged, thoughtful fellow writers.
During the 10-week program, you'll write and publish 4 essays with feedback from our developmental editor @MikeRiggs, the RPI team, and your fellow writers.
This year features two tracks, in addition to our general progress track: human flourishing & potential and security & resilience. We welcome fellows writing on ANY progress topic, but a handful of spots will be reserved for these tracks.
BONUS: Attend a 3-day in-person retreat in Pennsylvania and receive a free ticket to the invitation-only 2026 Progress Conference with ~400 authors, technologists, policy experts, academics, and nonprofit leaders. Meet your peers and your heroes!
This is for you if: You're passionate about progress studies and love writing. Maybe you want to explore a writing career, join a think tank, write to build community around a cause area, and of course take your existing blog to the next level.
Commitment: 10โ15 hours weekly for 10 weeks (July 27โOct 2). The weekend retreat is August 20โ23. There is no cost to participate.
Applications close June 1st!
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The @rootsofprogress website has been hacked and vandalized. We are aware of the problem and working to fix it. Sorry about this.
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Our website is back up, on a more secure platform.
If you were looking for information about this year's Progress Conference, Blog-Building Intensive writers fellowship, or other programs, please return!
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Roots of Progress Institute retweeted
Apr 21
Do I know anyone / have any contacts at Intuitive Surgical, makers of the daย Vinci robot?
Want to ask them about a possible student tour for a @rootsofprogress program
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And thanks as well to @HalcyonFutures for sponsoring the conference!
Announcing Progress Conference 2026
Hosted by @rootsofprogress with @abundanceinst @foresightinst @JoinFAI @HumanProgress @IFP @TheIHS and @WorksInProgMag.
Speakers include @tylercowen @dmitri_dolgov Michael Kremer, John Martinis, Stephen Winchell.
Oct 8-11 โข Berkeley, CA
Other fantastic speakers: @A_G_I_Joe @jasoncrawford @erika_alden_d @kesvelt @_alice_evans @bobbyfijan @Gena_I_Gorlin @akoustov @moxie @AndrewMillerYYZ @Brendan_McCord @patio11 @ryanzip @UrbanCourtyard @KelseyTuoc @brianpotter @rSanti97 @noor_siddiqui @mspringut @Vernon3Austin @Scott_Wiener โฆ and more to come.
A big thanks to our early sponsors: @coeff_giving @AsteraInstitute @JaneStreetGroup Ken Broad @WorksInProgMag @LENSDetect @MNX_fi @ArchbridgeInst @GoodSciProject @TheIHS @CirculateSD @feeonline (Sponsorship opportunities still available).
Four days of intellectual exploration, inspiration, and interaction that will help shape the progress movement into a cultural force.
Tracks this year explore Human Talent & Potential, AI & Robotics, and Security & Resilience. Participants will attend talks on topics ranging from drone delivery to housing construction to psychology and philosophy of builders, organize and run unconference sessions, mingle in garden, and more. Thursday and Sunday are add-on days, with optional gatherings for interest groups and other activities like factory tours to Bay Area startups.
We're excited to continue this regular gathering of the progress community. Let's get together again in Berkeley this fall!
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Announcing Progress Conference 2026
Hosted by @rootsofprogress with @abundanceinst @foresightinst @JoinFAI @HumanProgress @IFP @TheIHS and @WorksInProgMag.
Speakers include @tylercowen @dmitri_dolgov Michael Kremer, John Martinis, Stephen Winchell.
Oct 8-11 โข Berkeley, CA
Other fantastic speakers: @A_G_I_Joe @jasoncrawford @erika_alden_d @kesvelt @_alice_evans @bobbyfijan @Gena_I_Gorlin @akoustov @moxie @AndrewMillerYYZ @Brendan_McCord @patio11 @ryanzip @UrbanCourtyard @KelseyTuoc @brianpotter @rSanti97 @noor_siddiqui @mspringut @Vernon3Austin @Scott_Wiener โฆ and more to come.
A big thanks to our early sponsors: @coeff_giving @AsteraInstitute @JaneStreetGroup Ken Broad @WorksInProgMag @LENSDetect @MNX_fi @ArchbridgeInst @GoodSciProject @TheIHS @CirculateSD @feeonline (Sponsorship opportunities still available).
Four days of intellectual exploration, inspiration, and interaction that will help shape the progress movement into a cultural force.
Tracks this year explore Human Talent & Potential, AI & Robotics, and Security & Resilience. Participants will attend talks on topics ranging from drone delivery to housing construction to psychology and philosophy of builders, organize and run unconference sessions, mingle in garden, and more. Thursday and Sunday are add-on days, with optional gatherings for interest groups and other activities like factory tours to Bay Area startups.
We're excited to continue this regular gathering of the progress community. Let's get together again in Berkeley this fall!
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Thanks also to @InclsvAbundance, another conference sponsors!
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And thanks as well to @HalcyonFutures for sponsoring the conference!
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Roots of Progress Institute retweeted
Apr 20
Always a blast.
Announcing Progress Conference 2026
Hosted by @rootsofprogress with @abundanceinst @foresightinst @JoinFAI @HumanProgress @IFP @TheIHS and @WorksInProgMag.
Speakers include @tylercowen @dmitri_dolgov Michael Kremer, John Martinis, Stephen Winchell.
Oct 8-11 โข Berkeley, CA
Other fantastic speakers: @A_G_I_Joe @jasoncrawford @erika_alden_d @kesvelt @_alice_evans @bobbyfijan @Gena_I_Gorlin @akoustov @moxie @AndrewMillerYYZ @Brendan_McCord @patio11 @ryanzip @UrbanCourtyard @KelseyTuoc @brianpotter @rSanti97 @noor_siddiqui @mspringut @Vernon3Austin @Scott_Wiener โฆ and more to come.
A big thanks to our early sponsors: @coeff_giving @AsteraInstitute @JaneStreetGroup Ken Broad @WorksInProgMag @LENSDetect @MNX_fi @ArchbridgeInst @GoodSciProject @TheIHS @CirculateSD @feeonline (Sponsorship opportunities still available).
Four days of intellectual exploration, inspiration, and interaction that will help shape the progress movement into a cultural force.
Tracks this year explore Human Talent & Potential, AI & Robotics, and Security & Resilience. Participants will attend talks on topics ranging from drone delivery to housing construction to psychology and philosophy of builders, organize and run unconference sessions, mingle in garden, and more. Thursday and Sunday are add-on days, with optional gatherings for interest groups and other activities like factory tours to Bay Area startups.
We're excited to continue this regular gathering of the progress community. Let's get together again in Berkeley this fall!
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Roots of Progress Institute retweeted
Apr 20
Very excitedly looking forward to this.
Announcing Progress Conference 2026
Hosted by @rootsofprogress with @abundanceinst @foresightinst @JoinFAI @HumanProgress @IFP @TheIHS and @WorksInProgMag.
Speakers include @tylercowen @dmitri_dolgov Michael Kremer, John Martinis, Stephen Winchell.
Oct 8-11 โข Berkeley, CA
Other fantastic speakers: @A_G_I_Joe @jasoncrawford @erika_alden_d @kesvelt @_alice_evans @bobbyfijan @Gena_I_Gorlin @akoustov @moxie @AndrewMillerYYZ @Brendan_McCord @patio11 @ryanzip @UrbanCourtyard @KelseyTuoc @brianpotter @rSanti97 @noor_siddiqui @mspringut @Vernon3Austin @Scott_Wiener โฆ and more to come.
A big thanks to our early sponsors: @coeff_giving @AsteraInstitute @JaneStreetGroup Ken Broad @WorksInProgMag @LENSDetect @MNX_fi @ArchbridgeInst @GoodSciProject @TheIHS @CirculateSD @feeonline (Sponsorship opportunities still available).
Four days of intellectual exploration, inspiration, and interaction that will help shape the progress movement into a cultural force.
Tracks this year explore Human Talent & Potential, AI & Robotics, and Security & Resilience. Participants will attend talks on topics ranging from drone delivery to housing construction to psychology and philosophy of builders, organize and run unconference sessions, mingle in garden, and more. Thursday and Sunday are add-on days, with optional gatherings for interest groups and other activities like factory tours to Bay Area startups.
We're excited to continue this regular gathering of the progress community. Let's get together again in Berkeley this fall!
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Roots of Progress Institute retweeted
Apr 20
Best conference of the year!
Announcing Progress Conference 2026
Hosted by @rootsofprogress with @abundanceinst @foresightinst @JoinFAI @HumanProgress @IFP @TheIHS and @WorksInProgMag.
Speakers include @tylercowen @dmitri_dolgov Michael Kremer, John Martinis, Stephen Winchell.
Oct 8-11 โข Berkeley, CA
Other fantastic speakers: @A_G_I_Joe @jasoncrawford @erika_alden_d @kesvelt @_alice_evans @bobbyfijan @Gena_I_Gorlin @akoustov @moxie @AndrewMillerYYZ @Brendan_McCord @patio11 @ryanzip @UrbanCourtyard @KelseyTuoc @brianpotter @rSanti97 @noor_siddiqui @mspringut @Vernon3Austin @Scott_Wiener โฆ and more to come.
A big thanks to our early sponsors: @coeff_giving @AsteraInstitute @JaneStreetGroup Ken Broad @WorksInProgMag @LENSDetect @MNX_fi @ArchbridgeInst @GoodSciProject @TheIHS @CirculateSD @feeonline (Sponsorship opportunities still available).
Four days of intellectual exploration, inspiration, and interaction that will help shape the progress movement into a cultural force.
Tracks this year explore Human Talent & Potential, AI & Robotics, and Security & Resilience. Participants will attend talks on topics ranging from drone delivery to housing construction to psychology and philosophy of builders, organize and run unconference sessions, mingle in garden, and more. Thursday and Sunday are add-on days, with optional gatherings for interest groups and other activities like factory tours to Bay Area startups.
We're excited to continue this regular gathering of the progress community. Let's get together again in Berkeley this fall!
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Roots of Progress Institute retweeted
Apr 21
I really enjoyed this event last year, and will be attending and speaking this year.
My pitch for tech-adjacent people is "Have you ever wanted to turn tech's competence into tangible results in physical world?"
My pitch for policy-adjacent people... pretty much the same.
Announcing Progress Conference 2026
Hosted by @rootsofprogress with @abundanceinst @foresightinst @JoinFAI @HumanProgress @IFP @TheIHS and @WorksInProgMag.
Speakers include @tylercowen @dmitri_dolgov Michael Kremer, John Martinis, Stephen Winchell.
Oct 8-11 โข Berkeley, CA
Other fantastic speakers: @A_G_I_Joe @jasoncrawford @erika_alden_d @kesvelt @_alice_evans @bobbyfijan @Gena_I_Gorlin @akoustov @moxie @AndrewMillerYYZ @Brendan_McCord @patio11 @ryanzip @UrbanCourtyard @KelseyTuoc @brianpotter @rSanti97 @noor_siddiqui @mspringut @Vernon3Austin @Scott_Wiener โฆ and more to come.
A big thanks to our early sponsors: @coeff_giving @AsteraInstitute @JaneStreetGroup Ken Broad @WorksInProgMag @LENSDetect @MNX_fi @ArchbridgeInst @GoodSciProject @TheIHS @CirculateSD @feeonline (Sponsorship opportunities still available).
Four days of intellectual exploration, inspiration, and interaction that will help shape the progress movement into a cultural force.
Tracks this year explore Human Talent & Potential, AI & Robotics, and Security & Resilience. Participants will attend talks on topics ranging from drone delivery to housing construction to psychology and philosophy of builders, organize and run unconference sessions, mingle in garden, and more. Thursday and Sunday are add-on days, with optional gatherings for interest groups and other activities like factory tours to Bay Area startups.
We're excited to continue this regular gathering of the progress community. Let's get together again in Berkeley this fall!
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Roots of Progress Institute retweeted
One of the best events of the year for me!
Announcing Progress Conference 2026
Hosted by @rootsofprogress with @abundanceinst @foresightinst @JoinFAI @HumanProgress @IFP @TheIHS and @WorksInProgMag.
Speakers include @tylercowen @dmitri_dolgov Michael Kremer, John Martinis, Stephen Winchell.
Oct 8-11 โข Berkeley, CA
Other fantastic speakers: @A_G_I_Joe @jasoncrawford @erika_alden_d @kesvelt @_alice_evans @bobbyfijan @Gena_I_Gorlin @akoustov @moxie @AndrewMillerYYZ @Brendan_McCord @patio11 @ryanzip @UrbanCourtyard @KelseyTuoc @brianpotter @rSanti97 @noor_siddiqui @mspringut @Vernon3Austin @Scott_Wiener โฆ and more to come.
A big thanks to our early sponsors: @coeff_giving @AsteraInstitute @JaneStreetGroup Ken Broad @WorksInProgMag @LENSDetect @MNX_fi @ArchbridgeInst @GoodSciProject @TheIHS @CirculateSD @feeonline (Sponsorship opportunities still available).
Four days of intellectual exploration, inspiration, and interaction that will help shape the progress movement into a cultural force.
Tracks this year explore Human Talent & Potential, AI & Robotics, and Security & Resilience. Participants will attend talks on topics ranging from drone delivery to housing construction to psychology and philosophy of builders, organize and run unconference sessions, mingle in garden, and more. Thursday and Sunday are add-on days, with optional gatherings for interest groups and other activities like factory tours to Bay Area startups.
We're excited to continue this regular gathering of the progress community. Let's get together again in Berkeley this fall!
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Thanks also to @InclsvAbundance, another sponsor of the conference!
Announcing Progress Conference 2026
Hosted by @rootsofprogress with @abundanceinst @foresightinst @JoinFAI @HumanProgress @IFP @TheIHS and @WorksInProgMag.
Speakers include @tylercowen @dmitri_dolgov Michael Kremer, John Martinis, Stephen Winchell.
Oct 8-11 โข Berkeley, CA
Other fantastic speakers: @A_G_I_Joe @jasoncrawford @erika_alden_d @kesvelt @_alice_evans @bobbyfijan @Gena_I_Gorlin @akoustov @moxie @AndrewMillerYYZ @Brendan_McCord @patio11 @ryanzip @UrbanCourtyard @KelseyTuoc @brianpotter @rSanti97 @noor_siddiqui @mspringut @Vernon3Austin @Scott_Wiener โฆ and more to come.
A big thanks to our early sponsors: @coeff_giving @AsteraInstitute @JaneStreetGroup Ken Broad @WorksInProgMag @LENSDetect @MNX_fi @ArchbridgeInst @GoodSciProject @TheIHS @CirculateSD @feeonline (Sponsorship opportunities still available).
Four days of intellectual exploration, inspiration, and interaction that will help shape the progress movement into a cultural force.
Tracks this year explore Human Talent & Potential, AI & Robotics, and Security & Resilience. Participants will attend talks on topics ranging from drone delivery to housing construction to psychology and philosophy of builders, organize and run unconference sessions, mingle in garden, and more. Thursday and Sunday are add-on days, with optional gatherings for interest groups and other activities like factory tours to Bay Area startups.
We're excited to continue this regular gathering of the progress community. Let's get together again in Berkeley this fall!
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Roots of Progress Institute retweeted
Apr 20
so excited to collaborate with @rootsofprogress @HumanProgress @JoinFAI @IFP @TheIHS and @WorksInProgMag on this year's progress conference, making october the busiest time in the bay 3 years in a row now... come!
Announcing Progress Conference 2026
Hosted by @rootsofprogress with @abundanceinst @foresightinst @JoinFAI @HumanProgress @IFP @TheIHS and @WorksInProgMag.
Speakers include @tylercowen @dmitri_dolgov Michael Kremer, John Martinis, Stephen Winchell.
Oct 8-11 โข Berkeley, CA
Other fantastic speakers: @A_G_I_Joe @jasoncrawford @erika_alden_d @kesvelt @_alice_evans @bobbyfijan @Gena_I_Gorlin @akoustov @moxie @AndrewMillerYYZ @Brendan_McCord @patio11 @ryanzip @UrbanCourtyard @KelseyTuoc @brianpotter @rSanti97 @noor_siddiqui @mspringut @Vernon3Austin @Scott_Wiener โฆ and more to come.
A big thanks to our early sponsors: @coeff_giving @AsteraInstitute @JaneStreetGroup Ken Broad @WorksInProgMag @LENSDetect @MNX_fi @ArchbridgeInst @GoodSciProject @TheIHS @CirculateSD @feeonline (Sponsorship opportunities still available).
Four days of intellectual exploration, inspiration, and interaction that will help shape the progress movement into a cultural force.
Tracks this year explore Human Talent & Potential, AI & Robotics, and Security & Resilience. Participants will attend talks on topics ranging from drone delivery to housing construction to psychology and philosophy of builders, organize and run unconference sessions, mingle in garden, and more. Thursday and Sunday are add-on days, with optional gatherings for interest groups and other activities like factory tours to Bay Area startups.
We're excited to continue this regular gathering of the progress community. Let's get together again in Berkeley this fall!
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