Quotes About Advancement

But we have evidence that collectively society doesn't advance with organized education, rather the reverse: the level of (formal) education in a country is the result of wealth.*2

Our sophistication continuously puts us ahead of ourselves, creating things we are less and less capable of understanding.

Someone paid a price for the system to improve.

as self-interest can be the driver of growth.

History and societies do not crawl. They make jumps.

so the gains in life expectancy are more societal than from the result of scientific advance.

The story of the wheel itself is even more humbling than that of the suitcase:

But it took the Industrial Revolution for us to discover this earlier discovery.

and unappreciated upon their discovery, and remained unappreciated well after their initial use.

take advantage of a valuable alternative that is superior to what precedes it

Even now, we are using technology to reverse technology.

In the United States, we have a buildup of student loans that automatically transfer to these rent extractors. In a way it is no different from racketeering: one needs a decent university "name" to get ahead in life; but we know that collectively society doesn't appear to advance with organized education.

feel that you are due an upgrade

Today's materials allow us to avoid such constraint.

Other professions allow you to add zeroes to your output (and your income), if you do well, at little or no extra effort.

As equipment and machinery have become more sophisticated, the knowledge and skill required to operate them has risen accordingly.

Of course, the bad scythes weren't all in the past. But instead of "bad" they were now called "innovative" and "forward-thinking.

Can we just get on with this already?(7).

karena tanda pertama adanya peradaban selalu saja sampah. [P. 73]

Copper aspires to gold, and glass to a precious gem

Historically, fallen civilizations left behind ruins that vanished into the landscape, only to be rediscovered thousands of years later, becoming almost mystical in nature. But what happens to the institutions and edifices of a civilization that doesn't fall, but evolves beyond its own embarrassment?

If technology allows us a new way to give, how could it be wrong?

Maybe she hadn't saved the world but she had made a major improvement.

Last time I saw you, you had nothing. Now you've got a woman and a radio.