We're hiring! For several roles, including a Head of Content, a Development Manager, an Events Manager, and a few Program Managers You'll join a small team that operates with high autonomy—and you will help rebuild a culture of progress and an ambitious vision of the future. Please send your best referrals to @jasoncrawford, DMs open—anyone you highly recommend, even if they're not gettable right now. tinyurl.com/roots-of-progres…

41 outstanding progress intellectuals joined the 2026 Blog-Building Intensive Program.

Update: this open position is now called Development Manager, to make clear that it's a role with a lot of responsibility. You'll own our fundraising process and all donations. You'll report directly to @jasoncrawford and work closely with him to fuel our mission. Info & apply: rootsofprogress.notion.site/…

We are now hiring for: • Head of Content • Development Coordinator • Program Manager, Fellowships See details and apply for any of them here: rootsofprogress.notion.site/…

We are seeking a Development Coordinator, to own our fundraising process and all grants/donations. You will report to @jasoncrawford and work closely with him to fuel the work of our amazing team towards our mission: building a culture of progress. newsletter.rootsofprogress.o…

We're hiring a Head of Communications and a Program Manager. Help us build a culture of progress and restore an ambitious vision for the future: newsletter.rootsofprogress.o…

More info: rootsofprogress.org/conferen…

We’ll record the speaker talks again, so anyone can watch those shortly after the conference. You can watch talks from 2024 and 2025 here: piped.video/@rootsofprogress

Sponsorships make events like this one possible. We have just a few more sponsorship opportunities available: rootsofprogress.notion.site/…

Progress Conference 2026 will again be a main event for the progress community. In the last two months we’ve added 10 more speakers: @Bill_Gross @deanwball @mbateman @Madeline_Zimm @minney_cat @_brianpotter @noor_siddiqui_ @JacobSteinhardt @woj_zaremba @devonzuegel … and a few more still to be announced. Many thanks to our 11 additional sponsors including: @RenPhilanthropy, @HalcyonFutures, @InclsvAbundance, @StandTogether, @HumanProgress, Kindred Subjects (@joshua__hone ), @yimbyaction, Arboreal Capital Management, @cal_alive, Recoding America Fund, and Sentinel Bio. Our speaker list is now closed—we’ve started a list for 2027—and we’re excited about lots of attendee-organized sessions too. This is the third annual progress conference, and we received well over 700 applications to attend, more than any other year so far. Our open application window is now closed and the conference will be sold out any day. With this much interest, it’s clear that the progress movement is growing. There’s more than enough excited, passionate people to fill multiple conferences, workshops, regional events, and so on. We’ll keep working to build the progress community, and we hope to partner with more organizations to create more in-person gatherings.

Apply here by the end of June 5th: rootsofprogress.typeform.com…

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.

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 more—with 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: 10–15 hours weekly for 10 weeks (July 27–Oct 2). The weekend retreat is August 20–23. There is no cost to participate. Applications close June 1st!

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 more—with 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: 10–15 hours weekly for 10 weeks (July 27–Oct 2). The weekend retreat is August 20–23. There is no cost to participate. Applications close June 1st!

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!

The @rootsofprogress website has been hacked and vandalized. We are aware of the problem and working to fix it. Sorry about this.

And thanks as well to @HalcyonFutures for sponsoring the conference!

Thanks also to @InclsvAbundance, another conference sponsors!

Thanks also to @InclsvAbundance, another sponsor of the conference!