Past Imperfect
Chelsea Olivia FollettShattering rose-colored views of the past.
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When Pregnancy Tests Killed Rabbits
A 1962 episode of the sitcom the Dick Van Dyke Show centers around a couple struggling to decide what to name their first child. Much of the comedy remains accessible to a modern audience. But one part of the episode that is confusing to a...
This Mother’s Day, Celebrate Progress for Mothers and Children
Few know the story of the woman who inspired Mother’s Day. Her name was Ann Jarvis, and the many tragedies in her life demonstrate how much more difficult motherhood was in the past and the progress that has been made since.
Ann was born i...
Cardwell’s Cage and How to Break Free
Donald Cardwell, a British historian of science and technology, famously observed that “no nation has been very creative for more than an historically short period.” Known as Cardwell’s Law, this dictum haunts many people concerned about th...
This Earth Day, Progress for Our Species Protects Others
This Earth Day comes on the heels of a remarkable turning point in conservation history: Scientists at Colossal Laboratories have claimed the first animal species de-extinction by recreating dire wolves through genetic editing.
Some have a...
A Reality Check on the Inequality Panic
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei called for far higher taxation in a recent blog entry, arguing that current wealth concentration is higher than that of the Gilded Age and is about to get worse globally. The chart-topping singer Billie Eilish imp...
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Managing Editor of Human Progress, Policy Analyst at the Cato Institute's Center for Global Liberty and Prosperity, author of the book Centers of Progress.
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