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Air Conditioning Is Not a Luxury, It Is a Necessity (humanprogress.org) 122 points by surprisetalk 5 days ago | past | 290 comments Keeping Cool: The Air Conditioner That Changed America (humanprogress.org) 3 points by surprisetalk 42 days ago | past | 1 comment The Growing Abundance of Finished Goods: 1971-2024 (humanprogress.org) 1 point by throw0101d 43 days ago | past | 2 comments Time Pricing Big Macs Around the World (humanprogress.org) 4 points by surprisetalk 53 days ago | past China's Nuclear Sector Now Able to Build Fifty Reactors at a Time (humanprogress.org) 7 points by surprisetalk 54 days ago | past The Most Important Cheque in Economics (humanprogress.org) 9 points by throw0101d 54 days ago | past | 1 comment Global Acceptance of Gay and Lesbian People Is Increasing (humanprogress.org) 2 points by surprisetalk 62 days ago | past A Reality Check on the Inequality Panic (humanprogress.org) 3 points by RickJWagner 4 months ago | past | 2 comments Scientists Develop "Molecular Scissors" Alternative to Cas9 (humanprogress.org) 1 point by surprisetalk 4 months ago | past The Myth of the Autism Epidemic (humanprogress.org) 3 points by surprisetalk 4 months ago | past | 2 comments Ice Blocks to Electrons: The Rise of Refrigeration Abundance (humanprogress.org) 2 points by surprisetalk 4 months ago | past Olive Oil Prices Are Falling (humanprogress.org) 3 points by surprisetalk 5 months ago | past Are Americans Getting Richer? New Data Might Surprise You (humanprogress.org) 1 point by surprisetalk 5 months ago | past | 1 comment A Vindication of Bjorn Lomborg (humanprogress.org) 1 point by mpweiher 6 months ago | past American Abundance Index (humanprogress.org) 3 points by surprisetalk 6 months ago | past Violent Crime Drops in SF as Major US Cities See Declines (humanprogress.org) 3 points by RickJWagner 6 months ago | past | 1 comment Human Progress Data (humanprogress.org) 2 points by hubraumhugo 7 months ago | past The Myth of the Golden Years of Housing (humanprogress.org) 3 points by surprisetalk 7 months ago | past | 1 comment AI Is Creating More Work, Countering the Doomers for Now (humanprogress.org) 1 point by surprisetalk 7 months ago | past Obesity Drug Delivers Strong Weight Loss in Late-Stage Trial (humanprogress.org) 2 points by surprisetalk 7 months ago | past Walmart and Wing Launches Speedy Drone Delivery Service (humanprogress.org) 1 point by surprisetalk 7 months ago | past Doomslayer: Reasons the World Isn't Falling Apart (humanprogress.org) 2 points by olalonde 8 months ago | past AI Is Creating More Work, Countering the Doomers for Now (humanprogress.org) 3 points by doener 8 months ago | past Israel Pumps Desalinated Water into Depleted Sea of Galilee (humanprogress.org) 29 points by geox 8 months ago | past | 60 comments Pony.ai Granted Citywide Driverless Robotaxi Permit in Shenzhen (humanprogress.org) 1 point by surprisetalk 9 months ago | past Space Startup Beams More Laser Energy to Panels Than Ever Before (humanprogress.org) 5 points by surprisetalk 9 months ago | past Light Has Burst Forth in Astonishing Abundance (humanprogress.org) 2 points by surprisetalk 10 months ago | past | 1 comment Wheat superabundance proves Malthus wrong (humanprogress.org) 2 points by surprisetalk 10 months ago | past Vaccine to Curb Chlamydia Devastating Koalas Approved (humanprogress.org) 1 point by surprisetalk 10 months ago | past Desalinating Water Is Becoming "Absurdly Cheap" (humanprogress.org) 47 points by jupp0r on July 5, 2024 | past | 52 comments More

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