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1. • • Forward is good, staying still is bad, and looking backward is worse. But true progress can only happen when we reflect on the risks and consequences of the choices we make. Meaningful progress is about using our abilities and resources to create a world where anyone can thrive.
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   Is progress a good idea?

   • The idea of progress is inherently an idea that progress, overall, is good. If “progress” is destructive, if it does not in fact improve human well-being, then it hardly deserves the name. Contrast this with the concept of growth.

   What Is Progress? (Or, Progress Towards What?)

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   What is true progress?

   • True progress is advancement toward the good, toward ultimate values—call this “ultimate progress,” or “progress in outcomes.” Defining this depends on axiology; that is, on our theory of value. To a humanist, ultimate progress means progress in human well-being: “human progress.”

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   What does it mean to make progress?

   • In general terms, to make progress means to move toward something and away from something else. But where we’re headed and what we’re leaving behind are key questions that drive political movements, shape international treaties, and define our own sense of personal growth.

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   Is progress a real thing?

   • No one is against progress, they are only against “progress”: that is, they either believe in it, or deny it. The most important question in the philosophy of progress, then, is whether the idea of progress is valid—whether “progress” is real. “Progress” in the 19th Century

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   Is progress automatically good?

   • Progress is not automatically good. It must be steered. Progress always creates new problems, and they don’t get solved automatically. Solving them requires active focus and effort, and this is a part of progress, too. Material progress does not automatically lead to moral progress.

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   Are we still making progress?

   • Almost universally, people think that their societies and the world are in bad shape. But the widespread belief that we aren’t now making progress isn’t necessarily a rejection of the idea of progress itself: the idea that humanity can make lasting advances still holds currency, even in a dispirited age.

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3. www.bbc.com › future › articleDo we need a better understanding of 'progress'? - BBC

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   A growing and influential intellectual movement aims to understand why human progress happens – and how to speed it up. Garrison Lovely investigates.

   • Author: Garrison Lovely

4. humanprogress.org › what-is-progress-2What Is Progress? (Or, Progress Towards What?)

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   Apr 12, 2024 · True progress is advancement toward the good, toward ultimate values—call this “ultimate progress,” or “progress in outcomes.” Defining this depends on axiology; that is, on our theory of value.

5. www.theatlantic.com › business › archiveIs 'Progress' Good for Humanity? - The Atlantic

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   Sep 9, 2014 · Indeed, economic progress is cast as moral progress. The story tends to go something like this: Inventors, economists, and statesmen in Western Europe dreamed up a new industrialized...

   • Author: Jeremy Caradonna

6. link.springer.com › article › 10A road to nowhere: The idea of progress and its critics

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   Aug 13, 2018 · Progress is, then, a slippery political beacon, amenable to a great many usages and contexts, for better and for worse. It has also endured something of a beating recently, as atavistic retrenchments and visions of social degeneration have become our political currency.

   • Author: Inder S. Marwah
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   • Publish Year: 2019

7. plato.stanford.edu › entries › progressProgress - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

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   Feb 17, 2011 · Much of the new literature on progress is dedicated to rescuing an idea of progress from the contingent view of human development and carve out a meaningful, albeit limited, role for reason, human agency, and institutional design to enable progress.

8. www.theatlantic.com › science › archiveWe Need a New Science of Progress - The Atlantic

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   Jul 30, 2019 · Progress itself is understudied. By “progress,” we mean the combination of economic, technological, scientific, cultural, and organizational advancement that has transformed our lives and...

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   Feb 24, 2021 · In general terms, to make progress means to move toward something and away from something else. But where we’re headed and what we’re leaving behind are key questions that drive political...