Some Recent Essays on the Importance of Innovation & the Fight over Technological Progress

I was speaking at a virtual conference recently and was discussing my life’s work, which for 30 years has been focused on the importance of innovation and intellectual battles over what we mean progress. I whipped up a short list of some things I have written over just the past 5 years on this topic and thought I would just re-post them here:

UNDERSTANDING THE CHALLENGE WE FACE:

The Radicalization of Modern Tech Criticism
Is It ‘Techno-Chauvinist’ & ‘Anti-Humanist’ to Believe in the Transformative Potential of Technology?

HOW WE MUST RESPOND = “Rational Optimism” / Right to Earn a Living / Permissionless Innovation

How To Defend a Culture of Innovation During the Technopanic
How Technology Expands the Horizons of Our Humanity
Deep Technologies & Moonshots: Should We Dare to Dream? 
The Right to Pursue Happiness, Earn a Living, and Innovate
Permissionless Innovation: The Continuing Case for Comprehensive Technological Freedom 

ADDITIONAL READING:

Is There a Science of Progress? 
Technological Innovation and Economic Growth: A Brief Report on the Evidence
5 Books that Shaped My Thinking on Innovation
Innovation and the Trouble with the Precautionary Principle

NEW BOOK (tying together all the essays and papers listed above):

Evasive Entrepreneurs and the Future of Governance: How Innovation Improves Economies and Governments