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The Roots of Progress
by Jason Crawford
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The Roots of Progress by Jason Crawford has 58,000 subscribers, making it a newsletter in History. It publishes weekly with an average length of 2,366 words and charges $10/month for premium content.
The history of technology and the philosophy of progress, plus announcements from the Roots of Progress Institute
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