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
Have we underestimated the total number of people on Earth?(newscientist.com)34 points by wahern 1 year ago | 39 comments
Why did we wait so long for the bicycle? (2019)(blog.rootsofprogress.org)42 points by frozenseven 2 months ago | 38 comments
The biggest crisis is the end of scarcity(foreignpolicy.com)14 points by mpweiher 2 years ago | 7 comments
