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We Need Polycentric Cultures of Progress
Progress studies must eventually expand to countries outside the Anglosphere
 • Étienne Fortier-Dubois
Why Did Nobody Tell Me ‘Atlas Shrugged’ Was This Good
And the one major flaw that almost destroys its entire project 🚉
 • Étienne Fortier-Dubois
Tech Tree Updates and Similar Projects
With credit to other tech macrohistory enthusiasts
 • Étienne Fortier-Dubois
Introducing the Historical Tech Tree
An attempt at reducing the burden of tech complexity ⚙️
 • Étienne Fortier-Dubois
The Great Showdown!! History vs. Science Fiction
LET’S FIGHT 🦹
 • Étienne Fortier-Dubois
Progress and Degrowth in the Rock Opera ‘Starmania’
A reflection on fictional politics 👨‍🎤
 • Étienne Fortier-Dubois
The Enduring Prestige of Belle Époque Institutions
How the turn-of-the-20th-century European golden age still matters 🏅
 • Étienne Fortier-Dubois
Four Ages of the Olympic Ideal
Towards a vision of pro-progress Olympics 🥏
 • Étienne Fortier-Dubois
Doom Is Too Simple
Why do we think so much about the end of the world? 🌋
 • Étienne Fortier-Dubois
Is Storytelling Getting Better Over Time?
On progress in the narrative arts 🎞️
 • Étienne Fortier-Dubois
Trapped Among the Root Causes
Patching things is fine, actually 🫚
 • Étienne Fortier-Dubois
Reclaiming Cornucopianism
The horn of plenty as a symbol for progress studies and techno-optimism 🐚
 • Étienne Fortier-Dubois
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