Of course progress is real (even if sometimes exaggerated). But one of the things that annoy me most is that some people, ahemstevenpinkerahem, use it to shut u

Of course progress is real (even if sometimes exaggerated). But one of the things that annoy me most is that some people, ahemstevenpinkerahem, use it to shut up those who very often make it happen. Change is real, but it happens in large part due to whiners and their political action (who are then often rebutted with, yeah, that change we had a generation ago was necessary and important, but now you're going too far/just whining/we've "given" you enough).