Chelsea Follett - Why Progress Is the Exception, Not the Rule (Ep. 315)
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Everything is better than it's ever been in history and everybody is anxious and worried and what's going on? Most people do not realize how bad the past was because they've never been told that story of history. We see a world that was much nastier. It was more violent and people were much more familiar with death in the past for that reason.
I do not think progress is guaranteed. I do not think it is inevitable. It all depends on our choices today and what path we take. Well hello everyone it's Jim O'Shaughnessy with another Infinite Loops. I am so excited about my
guest today, Chelsea Follette, managing editor of Human Progress at the Cato Institute, author of Centers of Progress and the forthcoming, I love this title, The Grim Old Days. Chelsea, welcome. Thank you so much for having me, Johnny. So, Chelsea, everything is better than it's ever been in history, and everybody is anxious and worried and Pining for the bad old days, what's going on?
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