I agree, but there isn't a settled view of why there is social progress https://nintil.com/2016/01/20/why-values-change-some-theories/ …
I now believe this is mostly false. However, the prosperity brought by technology makes social progress more likely and more stable.https://twitter.com/fchollet/status/794647839624208384 …
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Material prosperity isn't the only component either; wider communications and broader knowledge are key factors.
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some kind of ratcheting effect? a grounding in technological dependencies of our systems?
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prosperity generates bigger next generations until starvation appears, leading to global downsizing. birth control is a better bet
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It may depend on your definition of technology. Would you include State Schooling, Rule of Law, Democracy as forms of technology?
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- False, technology is a necessary, but not sufficient, condition of evolution of society. What pushes society forward is change
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