I Ask Seven Heretical Questions About Progress
Consider what Kuhn famously argued: that a paradigm shift happens when we encounter anomalies that can’t be explained by the paradigm responsible for progress thereto. So here’s our anomaly: that industrial-age wealth hasn’t neatly powered lives lived meaningfully well; that near-term profit, gross product, and hyperconsumption haven’t produced a f
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After looking at those futuristic covers from 2050—each of which had transhumanist or extreme back-to-nature vibes—it got me wondering: what the hell might life be like in 2100? The lead up to the 1950s had a naive futurism that exploded by the end of the century. In 1950, computers were room-sized and not even thought (by most) to have any real im
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