The Progress Network
The Progress Network, Emma Varvaloucas, Zachary KarabellAn idea movement that speaks to a better future in a world dominated by voices that suggest a worse one. Headquartered at New America.
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Are We Becoming Too Afraid to Take Risks?
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Why Scientists Are Suddenly So Optimistic About Alzheimer’s
Why are researchers and doctors who treat dementia so happy right now? Experts think we're in a new optimistic age for Alzheimer's research with new treatments and new diagnostic tools that are changing the landscape. That’s our main story...
The Dementia Revolution
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An idea movement that speaks to a better future in a world dominated by voices that suggest a worse one. Headquartered at New America.
I'm the Executive Director of The Progress Network and spent a previous life at Tricycle: The Buddhist Review. I write the What Could Go Right? newsletter, co-host the WCGR? podcast, and am currently working on a media literacy book.
Zachary Karabell, a.k.a. The Edgy Optimist, is the founder of The Progress Network. He is also is a public speaker, a recovering academic, a former finance exec, and an occasional entrepreneur who has written at least one too many books.
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