Why no Roman industrial revolution?(rootsofprogress.org)35 points by jseliger 3 years ago | 35 comments
What if they gave an Industrial Revolution and nobody came? (2023)(rootsofprogress.org)163 points by AndrewDucker 2 years ago | 156 comments
Why did we wait so long for the bicycle? (2019)(rootsofprogress.org)187 points by onychomys 2 years ago | 198 comments
Why did we wait so long for the bicycle? (2019)(blog.rootsofprogress.org)42 points by frozenseven 2 months ago | 38 comments
Selfish reasons to want more humans(rootsofprogress.org)165 points by pr337h4m 2 years ago | 328 comments
The Commission for Stopping Further Improvements(rootsofprogress.org)162 points by feross 3 years ago | 97 comments
