Archive - Making Minds & Making Progress

Exponential yet manageable

We can accelerate forever, yet never hit a wall or singularity

Jun 2

Are good ideas rare?

And are prime numbers rare?

Jun 2

May 2025

December 2023

The Beginning of Infinity (in one hour)

A new hour-long video, free for paid subscribers!

Dec 13, 2023

July 2023

7-day Popperian workshop

Join for free, since you already support me

Jul 29, 2023

I'm writing a book on AGI!

And publishing it chapter-by-chapter on Substack (for free)

Jul 23, 2023

August 2022

Musical Repetition: Exploiting Good Ideas

Repetition doesn't have to be boring

Aug 8, 2022

July 2022

Musical Variation: More & Better Ideas

A guide for self-taught musicians

Jul 28, 2022

I know Python, but how do I analyze a big dataset?

“I’m trying to analyze a big, messy dataset for the first time, and it’s going okay.

Jul 19, 2022

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