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The Veritas Forum

What Does Human Progress Mean? | Alana Ackerson & Christopher Hitchcock

May 5, 2018
51:30

We have computers in our pockets and we can 3-D print a house. But as our technology advances, are we better off? At a Veritas Forum from Caltech, Alana Ackerson, finance leader and entrepreneur, and Christopher Hitchcock, professor of philosophy at Caltech, explore the relationship between human progress, our technological capacity, and the role of religion in shaping conversations about the future.

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