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Brand New Field of Progress Studies by Jason Crawford

52 Living Ideas
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https://www.meetup.com/52LivingIdeas Join us for Daily Zoom Meetups! Come learn about the newly constituted field of Progress Studies from Jason Crawford of https://www.RootsofProgress.org “Progress itself is understudied. By “progress,” we mean the combination of economic, technological, scientific, cultural, and organizational advancement that has transformed our lives and raised standards of living over the past couple of centuries. For a number of reasons, there is no broad-based intellectual movement focused on understanding the dynamics of progress, or targeting the deeper goal of speeding it up. We believe that it deserves a dedicated field of study. We suggest inaugurating the discipline of “Progress Studies.”” See: https://www.theatlantic.com/science/a... 52 Living Ideas https://52LivingIdeas.com is a community for joint exploration of the world, ideas and ourselves. We have grown from conducting weekly Meetups on psychology, philosop …...more
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Brand New Field of Progress Studies by Jason Crawford
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2020May 23
https://www.meetup.com/52LivingIdeas Join us for Daily Zoom Meetups! Come learn about the newly constituted field of Progress Studies from Jason Crawford of https://www.RootsofProgress.org “Progress itself is understudied. By “progress,” we mean the combination of economic, technological, scientific, cultural, and organizational advancement that has transformed our lives and raised standards of living over the past couple of centuries. For a number of reasons, there is no broad-based intellectual movement focused on understanding the dynamics of progress, or targeting the deeper goal of speeding it up. We believe that it deserves a dedicated field of study. We suggest inaugurating the discipline of “Progress Studies.”” See: https://www.theatlantic.com/science/a... 52 Living Ideas https://52LivingIdeas.com is a community for joint exploration of the world, ideas and ourselves. We have grown from conducting weekly Meetups on psychology, philosophy and personal growth in New York City for the past 4 years to doing Daily Global Meetups on Zoom. All our Meetups are recorded and made available on our YouTube channel. We ask for your support to bring thoughtful conversations to anyone in the world who is interested in them. Let Us Explore, Transform, Nurture & Grow Together — Join us! Meetups Every Day, Every Week, For Everyone! Every Weekday at 9pm ET; On Weekends at 12:30pm ET & 2:30pm ET The Switch Mondays, Jordan Peterson Tuesdays, Meditation Wednesdays, Psychology Thursdays, Self Improvement Fridays, Stoic Saturdays, Guest Presentation Sundays, Carl Jung Sundays Attend Our Meetups Live: Join here: https://meetup.com/52LivingIdeas Subscribe to our YoutUbe channel to see past & future Meetups:    / @52livingideas   Support our Meetups:   / 52livingideas   Please recommend us to your Friends--we thank you for it, and so will they!

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52 Living Ideas

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