Derek Thompson

And the first thing that I thought of is that nobody else knows the story of why this book exists in the first place. So in my personal chronology, the story of this book starts in the fall of 2021. I am rolling off of book leave for a related but distinct project on the history of technological progress in America.

And the first thing that I thought of is that nobody else knows the story of why this book exists in the first place. So in my personal chronology, the story of this book starts in the fall of 2021. I am rolling off of book leave for a related but distinct project on the history of technological progress in America.

I haven't had a very easy time with book leave because, as it turns out, writing a book is, among other things, a total pain in the ass. But one of the themes of this progress book that I was writing was the distinction between invention and implementation. Just because somebody comes up with a good idea does not mean that it's going to change the world. Ideas are cheap, building is hard.

I haven't had a very easy time with book leave because, as it turns out, writing a book is, among other things, a total pain in the ass. But one of the themes of this progress book that I was writing was the distinction between invention and implementation. Just because somebody comes up with a good idea does not mean that it's going to change the world. Ideas are cheap, building is hard.

I haven't had a very easy time with book leave because, as it turns out, writing a book is, among other things, a total pain in the ass. But one of the themes of this progress book that I was writing was the distinction between invention and implementation. Just because somebody comes up with a good idea does not mean that it's going to change the world. Ideas are cheap, building is hard.

And I'm rolling off of book leave with this idea sort of swimming in my head. And in September 2021, I see that you have published an essay in the New York Times that's called, quote, the economic mistake the left is finally confronting. And you use this essay to introduce a term that you call supply-side progressivism. What was this essay about? Why did you read it?

And I'm rolling off of book leave with this idea sort of swimming in my head. And in September 2021, I see that you have published an essay in the New York Times that's called, quote, the economic mistake the left is finally confronting. And you use this essay to introduce a term that you call supply-side progressivism. What was this essay about? Why did you read it?

And I'm rolling off of book leave with this idea sort of swimming in my head. And in September 2021, I see that you have published an essay in the New York Times that's called, quote, the economic mistake the left is finally confronting. And you use this essay to introduce a term that you call supply-side progressivism. What was this essay about? Why did you read it?

So I read your essay, and I'm inspired by it. I'm inspired by... I'm happy to hear that, Derek.

So I read your essay, and I'm inspired by it. I'm inspired by... I'm happy to hear that, Derek.

So I read your essay, and I'm inspired by it. I'm inspired by... I'm happy to hear that, Derek.

I absolutely was. I was inspired by the substance of it, this fusion of liberalism and technology, which I found important but didn't quite find an interesting way to articulate in an important way. But I'm also inspired by a semantic move that you make. You take this concept of, this ideology of progressivism, which in recent years has been judged and defined on the demand side.

I absolutely was. I was inspired by the substance of it, this fusion of liberalism and technology, which I found important but didn't quite find an interesting way to articulate in an important way. But I'm also inspired by a semantic move that you make. You take this concept of, this ideology of progressivism, which in recent years has been judged and defined on the demand side.

I absolutely was. I was inspired by the substance of it, this fusion of liberalism and technology, which I found important but didn't quite find an interesting way to articulate in an important way. But I'm also inspired by a semantic move that you make. You take this concept of, this ideology of progressivism, which in recent years has been judged and defined on the demand side.

Progressives ask, in many cases, to be judged on how much they spend to make the world a better place. And you do this really clever maneuver where you flip the yardstick. You say, what if we judged liberalism not by what it spent, but rather by what it built? That's what Yimbyism does. It says, how much housing have you built? Not how much have you spent on housing.

Progressives ask, in many cases, to be judged on how much they spend to make the world a better place. And you do this really clever maneuver where you flip the yardstick. You say, what if we judged liberalism not by what it spent, but rather by what it built? That's what Yimbyism does. It says, how much housing have you built? Not how much have you spent on housing.

Progressives ask, in many cases, to be judged on how much they spend to make the world a better place. And you do this really clever maneuver where you flip the yardstick. You say, what if we judged liberalism not by what it spent, but rather by what it built? That's what Yimbyism does. It says, how much housing have you built? Not how much have you spent on housing.

That's what Yimbyism for clean energy would be for. Not just how much have you authorized to spend on solar, how much solar have you deployed? And I'm thinking about it as it meets my own project about this distinction between invention and implementation. And maybe similar to you, there's a bunch of ideas that are swirling around in my head waiting to be conjoined into one idea.

That's what Yimbyism for clean energy would be for. Not just how much have you authorized to spend on solar, how much solar have you deployed? And I'm thinking about it as it meets my own project about this distinction between invention and implementation. And maybe similar to you, there's a bunch of ideas that are swirling around in my head waiting to be conjoined into one idea.

That's what Yimbyism for clean energy would be for. Not just how much have you authorized to spend on solar, how much solar have you deployed? And I'm thinking about it as it meets my own project about this distinction between invention and implementation. And maybe similar to you, there's a bunch of ideas that are swirling around in my head waiting to be conjoined into one idea.