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The Techno-Humanist Manifesto, Chapter 4: The Life Well-Lived (part 2)

Techno-humanism embraces the need for meaning, but rejects the idea that meaning is eroded by material progress. Material progress has greatly increased the amount of meaning in individual lives, and it can continue to do so—if we let it, and if we choose it.

The Techno-Humanist Manifesto, Chapter 4: The Life Well-Lived (part 2)

Techno-humanism embraces the need for meaning, but rejects the idea that meaning is eroded by material progress. Material progress has greatly increased the amount of meaning in individual lives, and it can continue to do so—if we let it, and if we choose it.

https://newsletter.rootsofprogress.org/p/the-life-well-lived-part-2

Founder, The Roots of Progress (rootsofprogress.org). I write about the history of technology and the philosophy of progress. Former tech founder.

How does “material progress” reach the billions of people living in abject poverty in your projected future?

Same way it's been doing for 200 years, mostly.

Faster if all poor countries can improve their institutions to allow faster economic development, as some have already done.

Building: web3 infrastructure for impact @C4CollabEcon

So in your view, the way it’s been happening for the last 200 years is adequate, and the burden of change should primarily fall in poor countries in the global south?

Adequate? No! Progress should be happening much faster

The burden of change is primarily on the governments in those countries, yes. If they had better laws and less corruption, they'd be growing a lot faster and their people would be a lot richer. Many success stories to learn from