Human Progress Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
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The Wealth of Nations
Adam SmithHuman ProgressCoffeehouses became important social hubs, where patrons debated politics and philosophy. Adam Smith, the father of economics, frequented coffeehouses called Cockspur Street and The Turk's Head while working on The Wealth of Nations. https://t.co/HhuK4wbXUM
Paperback, Mass Market, 2003
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Around the World in Eighty Days
Jules VerneHuman ProgressHow did humanity go from Verne’s Around the World in Eighty Days to an era in which almost anyone can circle the Earth in less than two days? https://t.co/nplJEHD5Uc
Hardcover, 2021
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Progress: Its Law and Cause: With Other Disquisitions, Viz.: The Physiology of Laughter: Origin and Function of Music: The Socia
Herbert 1820-1903 SpencerHuman Progress"'Progress' is shorthand for a set of pushbacks and victories wrung out of an unforgiving universe, and is a phenomenon that needs to be explained. The explanation is rationality." An excerpt from HumanProgress board member @sapinker 's recent book: https://t.co/V3IYVA1mEU
Paperback, 2021
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Wealth of Nations
Adam SmithHuman ProgressCoffeehouses became important social hubs, where patrons debated politics and philosophy. Adam Smith, the father of economics, frequented coffeehouses called Cockspur Street and The Turk's Head while working on The Wealth of Nations. https://t.co/HhuK4vUmwc
Paperback, 1991
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Bourgeois Dignity: Why Economics Can't Explain the Modern World
Deirdre Nansen McCloskeyHuman ProgressAs Deirdre McCloskey shows in Bourgeois Dignity: Why Economics Can't Explain the Modern World, “colonial wealth accumulation” cannot, mathematically speaking, account for the 16-fold increase in the Western standards of living since the early 1800s. https://t.co/iChPBGXRAW
Paperback, 2011
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Maria: English: Or, the Wrongs of Woman
Mary WollstonecraftHuman ProgressOur 46th edition of #HeroesOfProgress spotlights Mary Astell and Mary Wollstonecraft — two English thinkers from the 17th and 18th centuries widely considered the earliest pioneers of feminist philosophy. Read more: https://t.co/y5kSUpsubf https://t.co/oKAgEODsrj
Paperback, 2022
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Superabundance: The Story of Population Growth, Innovation, and Human Flourishing on an Infinitely Bountiful Planet
Marian L. TupyHuman Progress"Since the 1950s, the number of apocalyptic movies has been increasing, [reflecting] the exact opposite of what is happening on Earth." Our editor @Marian_L_Tupy on the @jordanbpeterson podcast. Full episode: https://t.co/OtqIQfb1jN Order Superabundance: https://t.co/MS6YrEWFY8 https://t.co/NTSJkPtt19
Paperback, 2023
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Rationality: What It Is, Why It Seems Scarce, Why It Matters
Steven PinkerHuman Progress"'Progress' is shorthand for a set of pushbacks and victories wrung out of an unforgiving universe, and is a phenomenon that needs to be explained. The explanation is rationality." An excerpt from HumanProgress board member @sapinker 's recent book: https://t.co/V3IYVA1mEU
Paperback, 2022
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The Wealth of Nations: Books I-III
Adam SmithHuman ProgressCoffeehouses became important social hubs, where patrons debated politics and philosophy. Adam Smith, the father of economics, frequented coffeehouses called Cockspur Street and The Turk's Head while working on The Wealth of Nations. https://t.co/HhuK4vUmwc
Paperback, 1982
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Reconstruction
Frederick DouglassHuman ProgressFrederick Douglass encouraged President Lincoln and, later, President Andrew Johnson to push for the "Reconstruction Amendments," which outlawed slavery and led to a better and more prosperous future for millions of people. #HeroesOfProgress Read more: https://t.co/FCQVDRWGEE https://t.co/TKvDyo8j3Z
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