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Technoscientific progress encounters a number of barriers in the UK, including excessive bureaucracy, the celebration of prestige over potential, and general pessimism about our ability to positively shape the future through cycles of discovery, invention, and innovation. The Society for Technological Advancement (SoTA) is a new venture designed to cultivate optimism about technoscientific development and build capacity for it to happen, forming a cross-disciplinary community around this mission. Redirect exceptional talent towards technological and scientific pursuits. We believe that more of the world's most talented people should be working on problems that actually matter, rather than chasing the latest trend. Increase talent density in the UK by building a community of promising scientists, researchers, engineers, and technologists. We want the people building the future to know each other, so that they can build it together. Shift public perception towards viewing technology as a

SoTA Our Purpose Scientific and technological progress encounters a number of barriers in the UK, including excessive bureaucracy, the celebration of prestige over potential, and general pessimism about our ability to positively shape the future through cycles of discovery, invention, and innovation. The Society for Technological Advancement (SoTA) is designed to cultivate pragmatic optimism about technoscientific progress and build capacity for it to happen, forming a cross-disciplinary community around this mission. We find and accelerate the progress of scientists, engineers and technologis

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