define social progress? Is it life expectancy? Community building ?
Hypothesis: absent technological progress, the evolution of society is cyclical, and there can be no social progress. True or false?
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the progress of values. At a high level: the broadening of empathy to a wider group, and the long-term reduction of violence.
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MLK said: "The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends towards justice." I would add "...with or without technology."
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communication technologies are definitely a thing.
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moral values vs. physical affordances.
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we need to train society and find out
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too many terms with no definition in that sentence to qualify it as either
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False. Social structures, e.g. democratic institutions, that support safer/kinder living can evolve without technological progress
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Depending on your definition of "technology" it could go both ways. Also the level of technology at which the progress stopped is
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another important factor. But I would argue that no technological progress in anyway is not possible if you are a human.
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