Name: Bell Labs
Start: 2025-12-04T00:30:00.000Z
Location: Vintage Bookstore and Wine Bar

**Readings under discussion:**
A Progress Studies History of Early MIT, by Eric Gilliam —
**[Part 1:](https://www.freaktakes.com/p/a-progress-studies-history-of-early)**[ Training the engineers who built the country ](https://www.freaktakes.com/p/a-progress-studies-history-of-early)
**[Part 2:](https://goodscienceproject.org/articles/a-progress-studies-history-of-early-mit-part-2-an-industrial-research-powerhouse/)**[ An Industrial Research Powerhouse](https://goodscienceproject.org/articles/a-progress-studies-history-of-early-mit-part-2-an-industrial-research-powerhouse/)

**When & where**: Discussion will be at 6:30PM on November 12th - we meet at Vintage Wine Bar & Bookstore ([google](https://maps.app.goo.gl/rYqJ8txSHs6AyV5o6)) - 1101 E 11th St - typically upstairs.

**Who should join?**
No prior engagement with progress studies or the broader community is necessary. We welcome curious minds interested in [progress, humanism, and agency](https://blog.rootsofprogress.org/progress-humanism-agency)—whether you’re deeply invested or just exploring. Expect a range of viewpoints and constructive, thoughtful dialogue.

**Image**: 1925 aerial photo of MIT, public domain, via wikimedia commons

Austin Progress Studies Reading Group

Brad

Katharine

Jason Meaux

History of Early MIT

Vintage Bookstore and Wine Bar

**Readings under discussion:**

* [The Rise and Fall of the Industrial R&D Lab](https://worksinprogress.co/issue/the-rise-and-fall-of-the-american-rd-lab/) by Ben Southwood
* [The Influence of Bell Labs]( https://www.construction-physics.com/p/the-influence-of-bell-labs) by Brian Potter
* [The Transistor, an Emerging Invention: Bell Labs as a Systems Integrator Rather Than a ‘House of Magic’](https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3678081) by Florian Metzler

**When & where**: Discussion will be at 6:30PM on December 3rd - we meet at Vintage Wine Bar & Bookstore ([google](https://maps.app.goo.gl/rYqJ8txSHs6AyV5o6)) - 1101 E 11th St - typically upstairs.

**Who should join?**
We welcome curious minds interested in [progress, humanism, and agency](https://blog.rootsofprogress.org/progress-humanism-agency)—whether you’re deeply invested or just exploring. No prior engagement with progress studies or the broader community is necessary. Expect a range of viewpoints and constructive, thoughtful dialogue.

**Image**: A drafting room at Bell Labs in Murray Hill New Jersey, via wikimedia commons, public domain: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bell_Telephone_Laboratory,_Murray_Hill,_New_Jersey._LOC_gsc.5a08489.tif

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