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Can we engineer a perfect world? | Tyler VanderWeele & Steven Pinker

The Veritas Forum

CHAPTER

The Concept of Progress and Human Flourishing

The speakers discuss the concept of progress and human flourishing, emphasizing the importance of knowledge in enhancing well-being. They caution against the idea of utopia and explore the flaws in human nature. The chapter concludes that while human improvement is possible, achieving utopia or perfection is not.

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