
The Progress Movement: Origins, Momentum and Opportunities by Jason Crawford
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I'm Going to Study the Industrial Revolution, Progress Isn't Natural by Joel Mokier
The Atlantic's Joel Mokier argues that the idea of progress is a relatively new idea. He says it arose between Columbus and Newton in the 16th and 17th centuries. "I was not merely going to study the Industrial Revolution," he says, "but the entire story of human progress" It began as an intellectual hobby, a side project for David Frum.
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