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Jason Crawford, Roots of Progress | Why We Need A New Philosophy of Progress

The Foresight Institute Podcast

CHAPTER

The Rejection of Progress

In the 60s and 70s, we got these sort of radical social movements based on a deep distrust of technology. And so once people see progress as a destructive engine, they swing into action to stop it. Progress has raced ahead in some areas, you know, like computers and the internet. But manufacturing, construction, transportation, energy have arguably lagged behind.

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