The Myth of Progress: Examples

[rufuspollock]

A thread to reflect on the narrative of "progress" esp technologically and esp clear factual examples of where mistaken:

• Space exploration: extrapolated progress from 50s and 60s
• Supersonic flight
• Exponential economic growth
• (Everywhere) a democracy

At the same time w

Space Exploration

Like this excerpt from [@murphy-2021-energy-and-human-ambitions:p.59]: