Defining Progress Debate
Comments debate the meaning, direction, and inherent value of 'progress', questioning whether it is always positive, linear, or universally agreed upon.
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"Progress" isn't necessarily positive.
Makes you wonder what's really meant when we talk about progress.
Not everyone agrees on what constitutes progress.
What's wrong with that? This is called "progress".
Beware the perception of progress as an unmitigated good.
Why? Past progress =/= equal rate of future progress.
Change is progress! And progress is good! Please don't ask what we're progressing towards though. That's just rude.
We have a different opinion what progress means, it seems.
Yeah, that's how progress happens.
yes good point - "progress" isn't quite single-dimensional. :)