Progress : how one idea built civilization and now threatens to destroy it /
Progress is power. Narratives of progress, the stories we tell about whether a society is moving in the right or the wrong direction, are immensely potent. Progress has built cities, flattened mountains, charted the globe, delved the oceans and space, created wealth, opportunity and remarkable innov...
| Main Author: | McDonald, Samuel Miller (Author) |
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
St. Martin's Press,
2025.
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