On this week’s Prosthetic Gods Nir and J. talk about J’s advocacy of “technoprogressivism.” What is it, and what is it supposed to accomplish? How is it different from techno-utopianism or other leftist ideologies?

“Outlines of an historical view of the progress of the human mind” Marie Jean Antoine Nicolas Caritat de Condorcet, 1796

“Technoprogressivism” Wikipedia

“The Technoprogressive Agenda After Fascism” J. Hughes, 2025

“EcoSocialism and the Technoprogressive Perspective” J. Hughes, 2021

“The Technoprogressive Declaration” 2014

“Beware the AI Experimentation Trap” Harvard Business Review 

“Clanker” as an anti-robot slur

The GenAI Divide: State of AI in Business 2025

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