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Michael Magoon's avatar

Yes, that makes sense.

I know that I am in the minority on the origins of modern progress, and I agree with you that much of our problem today are post-modern anti-progress ideas.

This is my take on the role of the Enlightenment:

https://frompovertytoprogress.substack.com/p/did-the-enlightenment-cause-modern-cf3

It is very different from the views of Pinker and Mokyr, but I still have an enormous amount of respect for both.

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