About Works in Progress
Works in Progress is a magazine of new and underrated ideas to improve the world. It was founded in 2020, and is now a part of Stripe.
We are interested in economic growth, technology, policy, history, metascience, cities, medical research, aesthetics, transport, energy and much more.
We publish most pieces from our magazine on this Substack, as well as a range of Substack-specific work, including shorter articles, podcasts, links roundups, and chapters of Stewart Brand’s new book Maintenance: Of Everything.
Our most popular articles include The housing theory of everything, How mathematics built the modern world, The beauty of concrete, The maintenance race, and The future of weight loss. Go to our archive to see all our past issues.