Alexander Hammond

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[Alexander Hammond @AlexanderHammo]

Today marks the official publication of my first-ever book!

Heroes of Progress: 65 People Who Changed the World is the result of years of work, and it's now available in all good bookshops. I truly can’t wait to hear what people think of it.

Please consider picking up a copy today:
https://t.co/AWVLpE1Ovh

[Alexander Hammond @AlexanderHammo]

The latest painting by my darling wife @mariachammond.

All of her paintings will soon be available to buy on the soon-to-be-published website. Give her a follow if you are keen to find out more. Any engagement would mean a lot!

[Alexander Hammond @AlexanderHammo]

The latest painting by my darling wife @mariachammond.

All of her paintings will soon be available to buy on the soon-to-be-published website. Give her a follow if you are keen to find out more. Any engagement would mean a lot!

[Maria H. @mariachammond]

In my new painting, I attempted to capture the dissonance between the infinity of the mind and human progress. The mind is reaching for the stars and never ending, the body is chained to a rock and finite.

Otherwise, it’s a rainy afternoon somewhere in Provence..

[Alexander Hammond @AlexanderHammo]

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[Clay Routledge @clayroutledge]

Flourishing Friday is back! I took the month of May off to work on some big projects, and I am super stoked to share one of them with you today. Our team at the @ArchbridgeInst Human Flourishing Lab has launched a new mental health public education initiative called Head Out. https://t.co/OzigeoOH9D

[Alexander Browder @Alexbrowder_]

Proud to be the first high school student in the world to ever be sanctioned by an authoritarian regime for uncovering corruption. It just proves that the work I’ve done to expose Russias sanctions evasion stablecoin, A7A5, has touched a raw nerve.

https://t.co/b0voHBkqG7

[Alexander Hammond @AlexanderHammo]

A story of government regulation versus entrepreneurial spirit.

A fantastic article spotlighting the cigar lounge set up by my dear friend, Jimmy Lewis.

Thanks for writing the piece, @ReemAmirIbrahim!

[Reem Ibrahim @ReemAmirIbrahim]

🇺🇸America rightly celebrates entrepreneurs, and yet it makes their lives needlessly difficult.

Jimmy Lewis ran into permit rules, taxes, Prohibition-era alcohol rules, and a city order to spend up to $10,000 on a "historic" dry-cleaning sign.

Check out my story in @reason! 👇

https://t.co/dUzxR1sGMK

[The White House @WhiteHouse]

Today, we remember a legend.

On this day in history, Harambe would have celebrated another birthday. An icon that became part of internet history, American culture, and an entire generation’s timeline.

Tomorrow marks 10 years since we lost him. Ten years since the moment the world stopped scrolling and collectively mourned something bigger than a meme.

He became a symbol of loyalty, strength, chaos, unity, and the strange beauty of the internet bringing millions of people together for one cause: never forgetting Harambe.

Everyone remembers where they were when they heard the news. And somehow, a decade later, his legacy still lives on.

Gone, but never forgotten.
Rest easy to a true patriot. 🕊️🇺🇸

May 27, 1999 — May 28, 2016
Forever in our hearts.

[Alexander Hammond @AlexanderHammo]

The theory that smartphones are responsible for collapsing fertility rates sounds plausible, until you look at the data on @HumanProgress

[The Telegraph @Telegraph]

Data shows a striking fall in births precisely as the cellular device was introduced across a range of countries

@MorlandDemog explains how the use of smartphones might be correlated to a global fertility crisis ⤵️
https://t.co/ii1U5DAzdr

[Human Progress @HumanProgress]

As the summer heat begins to set in, we should remember Willis Carrier.

Thanks to his invention, hot weather is less deadly and less damaging to the economy.

[Reem Ibrahim @ReemAmirIbrahim]

How difficult is it to open a cigar lounge in America? 🇺🇸

Meet Jimmy. He owns Bison Head Cigar Lounge in Roanoke.

Taxes, regulations, alcohol laws… the Government makes starting a business so much more difficult.

Behind every small business is a person who refused to quit!

[Marian L Tupy @Marian_L_Tupy]

My podcast with Roger Pielke (@RogerPielkeJr) about global warming and the death of RPC 8.5.

https://t.co/CpfAGqPlAW

[Maria H. @mariachammond]

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[Alexander Hammond @AlexanderHammo]

As @Marian_L_Tupy and @galepooley write:

"Buying one hour of light in 1800 required about 5.37 hours of labor. With advanced LED technology, one hour of light today costs less than 0.16 seconds of labor. That represents a 12,082,400 percent increase in the personal abundance of light."

[John Bistline @JEBistline]

If you think that’s impressive, zoom out 700 years. The cost of lighting in the UK has fallen from £35,000 per million lumen-hours in 1300 to essentially £0 today.

One of the most underrated progress charts ever made.

[Alexander Hammond @AlexanderHammo]

@iealondon @DanielJHannan Huge congratulations, @DanielJHannan! 🗽

[Peterson Academy @petersonacademy]

Dr. Marian Tupy’s eight-hour course: Human Progress, is available now.

In this course, @Marian_L_Tupy explores the reality and nature of human progress through data and theory, examining major improvements in health, wealth, education, freedom, and overall quality of life over the past two centuries. We ask why pessimism persists despite overwhelming evidence of global advancement, and investigate “progressophobia” and its psychological roots.

The course identifies key drivers of progress and shows how innovation has accelerated dramatically over time. We conclude by addressing critiques of progress and introducing “solutionism,” the idea that humans are problem-solving beings capable of continuous improvement through knowledge, innovation, and resilient institutions.

[Human Progress @HumanProgress]

https://t.co/8lpLGQVoba

[Tom G Palmer @tomgpalmer]

This group does really good work on volunteerism and a small budget donated by friends. Please consider joining those donors. They do extremely good work. People are alive because of this group.

[Javier Milei Quotes (Fan) @MileiSays]

“I have nothing against artists. I had a rock band myself. My problem is that if you need a government subsidy to make art, you’re no longer an artist—you’re a public employee.”

— Javier Milei

[Human Progress @HumanProgress]

Throughout the 20th century, average IQ scores rose year after year.

In recent decades, that trend appears to have reversed .

@sapinker discusses why on our podcast.

[Alexander Hammond @AlexanderHammo]

Last week, Paul R. Ehrlich died.

During his 93 years of life, extreme poverty declined by 85%, infant mortality by over 80%, undernourishment by 75%, deaths from natural disasters by 98%, and life expectancies increased by 82%. This happened all while another 6 billion people were added to this world, and GDP per capita ballooned by over 650%.

For the man who helped inspire the one-child policy in China (leading to the death of 336 million babies), along with the sterilization of 6.2 million people in India, it's a tragedy that his ideas were ever taken seriously.

Perhaps if he had lived a few more years, he would have finally acknowledged how wrong he was.

[Alexander Hammond @AlexanderHammo]

Last week, Paul R. Ehrlich died.

During his 93 years of life, extreme poverty declined by 85%, infant mortality by over 80%, undernourishment by 75%, deaths from natural disasters by 98%, and life expectancies increased by 82%. This happened all while another 6 billion people were added to this world, and GDP per capita ballooned by over 650%.

For the man who helped inspire the one-child policy in China (leading to the death of 336 million babies), along with the sterilization of 6.2 million people in India, it's a tragedy that his ideas were ever taken seriously.

Perhaps if he had lived a few more years, he would have finally acknowledged how wrong he was.