Archive of posts with tag 'agriculture'

Roots of Progress on Agriculture →

March 31, 2020 • #

On Roots of Progress, Jason Crawford is now diving into the history of agriculture, with an interesting change to his process about writing on the history of technological discovery.

In this series, he’s approaching it with “the garage door up” — writing in the open shorter-form posts as he studies things like the stages of agriculture, where enclosures come from, and other concepts.

My goals are: to bring to the surface more of my half-formed thoughts, by forcing myself to write about them; to...

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Weekend Reading: Figma Multiplayer, Rice vs. Wheat, and Tuft Cells

November 23, 2019 • #

🕹 How Figma’s Multiplayer Technology Works

An interesting technical breakdown on how Figma built their multiplayer tech (the collaboration capability where you can see other users’ mouse cursors and highlights in the same document, in real time).

🌾 Large-Scale Psychological Differences Within China Explained by Rice Versus Wheat Agriculture

A fascinating paper. This research suggests the possibility that group-conforming versus individualistic cultures may have roots in diet and agricultural practices. From the abstract:

Cross-cultural psychologists have mostly contrasted East...

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