What Are the Causes of Human Progress?
The escape from stagnation has always required a culture of optimism and progress.
Johan Norberg
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New and Improved: Paper
Europeans switched from writing on animal skins to cotton parchment and then paper, each time employing a new technology that could feasibly meet demand.
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New and Improved: Democracy
Democracy is complicated. Many consider it good while others urge caution. Is it the will of the people or a tyranny of the majority?
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New and Improved: The Fork
I was once condemned as unmanly and satanic, but centuries later I was so popular my use was limited by an American president? What am I?
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New and Improved: The Internet
Should we thank top-down planning or bottom-up problem-solving for the wonder that is today’s internet?
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New and Improved: The Printing Press
What invention combined the tools of wine-making and the skills of goldsmithing?
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New and Improved: Private Property
Did you know that nearly every known society throughout history has prohibited theft?
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New and Improved: Norman Borlaug
“You can’t build a peaceful world on empty stomachs and human misery.” These were the words of Norman Borlaug, who is credited with saving millions of lives and liberating desperate nations using food.