From the TxP Progress Prize:
But then Tyler asked us, twice in a row, ‘what is your signature product?’ Being honest, we realised even if our pitch was strong at a high level, we’d essentially just submitted a laundry list of ideas for what we wanted to deliver, without much focus. We knew we had to go back to the drawing board.
Then:
The blog prize was designed to advocate solutions, amplify frontier tech, and offer a clear, tractable proposal. We particularly wanted punchy takes that pulled the debate outside the norm and we encouraged people to publish online to prompt discussion. We also rewarded good writing and pointed to pieces we’d been inspired by.
That is from Andrew Bennett and Tom Westgarth. The theme was “Britain is Stuck: How Can We Get It Moving Again?” The winners (EV had no role in this selection) were:
Winner (£5000)
Rian Whitton: Firm Power can reduce Britain’s electricity prices
Runner up (£1000)
Alec Thompson: Open Source the Law
Shortlisted (£750)
Ashna Ahmad: Chilean Telexes and the Allocation Problem
Ben Hopkinson: Britain’s Second Cities are Stuck: Let’s Get Them Moving Again
Daniel Timms: The Case for a New City
At the link you will find further commendable mentions.
