Virginia Postrel

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Progress Studies 2026-06-24

The limit of human felicity

I’ve been listening to the wonderful new podcast Everyday Abundance (no affiliation!) by Virginia Postrel and Charles Mann, based on Dylan’s recommendation two weeks ago. Each episode looks at the history of some aspect …

by Matt Clancy · on Virginia Postrel, Charles Mann · from The ROAD Act passes, space data centers, and the limit of human felicity

History & Biography 2026-06-10

Everyday Abundance

I just finished reading Charles Mann’s The Wizard and the Prophet , which has to be a top-ten abundance and growth book for its description of the Green Revolution’s effect on crop yields and recounting of the failed apo…

by Dylan Matthews · on Charles Mann, Virginia Postrel · from Geothermal package, construction costs as macro drag, and Loudoun's flip side