'Podcast' by Damola

Progress is not flourishing


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We shouldn't confuse progress for human flourishing. We shouldn't confuse drug discovery with wholesome healing. We shouldn't confuse instant connectivity with meaningful and deep connection. We shouldn't confuse access with trust and what empathy creates. We shouldn't confuse making things easier with making them better.

We've become more connected than ever before, and more distant from one another. We continue to create new jobs that didn't exist a decade ago, and less people are engaged at work. We have an abundance of information, and a lot of people are still confused about what to do next. We have access to more data points in the history of the human species and fewer applications of wisdom.

By all account, we are making progress. And we can equally flourish when we start paying more attention to it.

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