Do Humankind's Best Days Lie Ahead by Alain De Botton and Malcolm Gladwell and Steven Pinker and Matt Ridley

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From the Enlightenment onwards, the West has had an enduring belief that through the evolution of institutions, innovations, and ideas, the human condition is improving. This proce ss is supposedly accelerating as new technologies, individual freedoms, and the spread of global norms empower individuals and societies around the world. But is progress inevitable? Its critics argue that human civilization has become different, not better, over the last two and a half centuries. What is seen as a breakthrough or innovation in one period becomes a setback or limitation in another. In short, progress is an ideology not a fact; a way of thinking about the world as opposed to a description of reality. So is the cup half full or half empty? Publisher: Oneworld Publications Year: 2016 Binding: Paperback ISBN: 9781786070760 Condition: Good Note: This image is from a stock photo and may differ from the actual cover. Show more