Free Thoughts Progress: Ten Reasons to Look Forward to the Future
Dec 2, 2016
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Johan Norberg joins Trevor this week to talk about the notion of progress and gives us all a few reasons to look forward to the future.
Why is there a systemic bias towards pessimism when hard data shows the world is getting better and better every day?
Show Notes and Further Reading
Norberg’s newest book is Progress: Ten Reasons to Look Forward to the Future (2016).
Listeners may also enjoy Matt Ridley’s The Rational Optimist: How Prosperity Evolves (2011).
To find more statistics that show how the world is always getting better, we recommend checking out another one of Cato’s projects, HumanProgress.org.
Why is there a systemic bias towards pessimism when hard data shows the world is getting better and better every day?
Show Notes and Further Reading
Norberg’s newest book is Progress: Ten Reasons to Look Forward to the Future (2016).
Listeners may also enjoy Matt Ridley’s The Rational Optimist: How Prosperity Evolves (2011).
To find more statistics that show how the world is always getting better, we recommend checking out another one of Cato’s projects, HumanProgress.org.
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