Great ideas per hour: the Progress community is booming across mags, talks and student groups
Afinetheorem · x · 2026-10-14
Researcher Afinetheorem argues the Progress community is in a great moment: "great ideas per hour" is high and growth is visible across books, print magazines (Works in Progress, Asterisk, Arena), online writing, worldwide in-person talks like the Toronto Society, and student groups.
He also highlights its egalitarian culture: at a recent event, a billionaire and a famous tech founder wandered around looking for someone to talk to, while a person discussing how to kill mosquitoes or harvest wave power drew a big crowd.
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