Progress Studies

how do we make progress?

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Why Flying Cars Are an Impossible Dream

Derek Thompson theatlantic.com

Johanna

Curate the Internet, Comprehend the World: Introducing Startupy

Tom White whitenoise.email

Tom White

Warpcast

LLeo Nasskau

Takes that aged badly: see this from 1937 the problem with our modern world is all of these newfangled toilets and umbrellas get rid of the books!

"Futurism tells us more about the present than the future" --@mattwridley nails it

Ben Reinhardt twitter.com

Tanuj

techDetector | Radar

techdetector.de

c4ss1us [l1f3]

Our metrics of progress have continuously abstracted: from the tangible bushels of wheat in agricultural economies (with natural physical limits), to industrial-era efficiency metrics (units/hour, machine uptime), to the nebulous productivity measures of knowledge work. Each evolution has moved us further from human-scaled, naturally bounded... See more

Tina He • Jevons Paradox: A personal perspective

sari

Progress Without Heroes

Damir Marusic wisdomofcrowds.live

sari

Welcome to the Future

worldsfair.co

Tanuj

anyone who prioritizes the wellbeing of the “future of humanity” in the abstract over the dignity and care of individuals in the present cannot claim that they truly care about people

Ashley • Tweet

rob hardy