Progress Studies

how do we make progress?

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The Forgotten Stage of Human Progress

The Atlantic theatlantic.com

Johanna

Is America Really Running Out of Original Ideas?

Derek Thompson theatlantic.com

Johanna

"Almost without exception, everything society has considered a social advance has been prefigured first in some utopian writing." -David L. Cooperrider

rob hardy

Why Flying Cars Are an Impossible Dream

Derek Thompson theatlantic.com

Johanna

What a Time to Be Alive

Jack Raines youngmoney.co

Nick deWilde

Why Has Nuclear Power Been a Flop?

rootsofprogress.org rootsofprogress.org

Johanna

My current favorite theory about what's gone wrong since the 1970s is that we stopped innovating to maximize performance and started optimizing for energy (and resource) efficiency. Imagine all the cool shit we're gonna build once we have abundant sources of clean energy...

Alec Stapp

twitter.com

Johanna

Progress Isn't Natural

Joel Mokyr theatlantic.com

sari

Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World--and Why Things Are Better Than You Think

Hans Rosling • 6 highlights

amazon.com

Cover of Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World--and Why Things Are Better Than You Think

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