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Billy Trout's avatar

“But there is still some part of me that just revolts at any glorification or emphasis of “progress””

We tried that with mixed results when the western world was dominated by modernism ie. progress at any cost.

We got a lot out of it especially 1800 onwards, but we also got some of the most horrific things humanity has done.

To me, progress and personal progress is like driving a car. Proceed fast when it’s safe to, and go slow when you have to. Either way you’ll find yourself at your destination.

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Aaron Gowen's avatar

It should be noted that “trousered ape” is a borrowing from (and allusion to) C.S. Lewis’s *Abolition of Man*

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