{"id":108227,"date":"2024-07-05T16:48:11","date_gmt":"2024-07-05T20:48:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.freethink.com\/?post_type=ftm_person&#038;p=108227"},"modified":"2025-02-26T12:19:15","modified_gmt":"2025-02-26T17:19:15","slug":"jason-crawford","status":"publish","type":"ftm_person","link":"https:\/\/www.freethink.com\/people\/jason-crawford","title":{"rendered":"Jason Crawford"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"f-block f-block--profile\">\n    <div class=\"container mx-auto f-block__inner\">\n        <div class=\"container grid grid-cols-4 px-5 pt-8 mx-auto sm:px-7 md:px-10 sm:pt-10 md:pt-12 gap-x-9 sm:grid-cols-6 md:grid-cols-8 lg:grid-cols-10 sm:grid-row-2 gap-y-2 md:gap-y-6\">\n\n            <!-- image and title -->\n            <div class=\"col-span-full sm:col-span-4 md:col-span-6 lg:col-span-8\">\n\n                <div class=\"md:grid-cols-6 lg:grid-cols-8 md:grid md:gap-8 \">\n                    <div class=\"md:col-span-2\">\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.freethink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/jason-crawford.jpg?quality=75&amp;w=300&amp;h=300&amp;crop=1\" class=\"square-img profile-block__image w-full mb-8 md:mb-0 rounded-2xl lg:w-auto\" alt=\"Black and white photo of a man with short hair wearing a blazer and shirt, smiling and looking slightly to the right.\" \/>                    <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"md:col-span-4 lg:col-span-6\">\n                        <div class=\"profile-block__person-type\">\n                            Contributor                        <\/div>\n                        <h1 class=\"profile-block__person-name\">\n                            Jason Crawford                        <\/h1>\n                        <div class=\"profile-block__subtitle\">\n                            Founder, Roots of Progress                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n\n            <!-- classification -->\n            <div class=\"col-span-full sm:col-span-2 md:row-span-2  \">\n                \n                            <\/div>\n\n            <!-- contact -->\n            <div class=\"col-span-full md:col-span-2\">\n                <div class=\"font-semibold profile-block__subtext\">\n                    Contact\n                <\/div>\n                <div class=\"profile-block__email\">\n                                    <\/div>\n                <div class=\"profile-block__social-links\">\n                                            <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/@jasoncrawford\" class=\"profile-block__social-link\" rel=\"me\" target=\"_blank\">\n                            <?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\"?>\n<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\" viewBox=\"0 0 32 32\">\n  <path d=\"M24.8392 3H29.2861L19.571 14.0133L31 29H22.0512L15.0421 19.9107L7.0222 29H2.57266L12.9639 17.22L2 3H11.176L17.5116 11.308L24.8392 3ZM23.2785 26.36H25.7426L9.83711 5.50133H7.19293L23.2785 26.36Z\"><\/path>\n<\/svg>\n                            <div class=\"sr-only\">\n                                @jasoncrawford                            <\/div>\n                        <\/a>\n                                                            <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n\n            <!-- bio -->\n            <div class=\"col-span-full md:col-span-4 lg:col-span-5 xl:col-span-6 xmd:col-start-3 xlg:col-start-3 xxl:col-start-3\">\n                <div class=\"profile-block__bio\">\n                    <p>Jason Crawford is the founder of <a href=\"https:\/\/rootsofprogress.org\/\">The Roots of Progress<\/a>, a nonprofit dedicated to building a culture of progress for the 21st century, and the author of <a href=\"https:\/\/newsletter.rootsofprogress.org\/p\/announcing-the-techno-humanist-manifesto\"><em>The Techno-Humanist Manifesto<\/em><\/a>. 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