Issue 42, 3rd quarter 2008
Are the Lights Still On?
Brian O'Connor
Pages 86-89
Retrieving the idea of progress
The belief in progress is now seen as the naïveté of those who really did not know, or want to know, how terrible we human beings can be. We regard ourselves as somewhat wiser and more honest about the self-destructive capabilities of human beings and can find only reasons to turn away from the idea of progress.