Books enable solitary encounters that spark dialogues, creativity, and collective progress across disciplines by conveying ideas, histories, and human truths.
Humanity is better off today than ever, but progress has been uneven and requires deliberate nurturing across institutions, policy, innovation, and movements.
The moment every civilization fears: the growth plateau
20th-century skepticism slowed societal progress; acknowledging progress's historical emergence supports renewed commitment to continued technological and moral advancement.
We've lost our way because we're not prioritizing what truly matters. Our world has become so upside down that we once punished kids by sending them to their rooms-now we punish them by taking away screens and forcing them outdoors.
Innovation is a substance that happens in small tweaks, not broad strokes, and what look like huge steps forward today usually rely on a whole subsystem of smaller innovations.
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In Greek mythology, Prometheus brought fire to mankind, symbolizing knowledge and power, and became a creator of civilization despite his eternal punishment.
Slavoj Zizek, philosopher: Wisdom is what I hate most, it is absolute conformist stupidity'
Slavoj Zizek passionately critiques societal norms, revealing a misanthropic view on progress and small talk, emphasizing the need for uncomfortable philosophical discourse.