If you're interested in the history of the idea of progress there is a great journal article, by John Gray (Oxford philosopher), on the history of the idea of p

If you're interested in the history of the idea of progress there is a great journal article, by John Gray (Oxford philosopher), on the history of the idea of progress: https://www.jstor.org/stable/20027925?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents https://www.jstor.org/stable/20027925?seq=1#page_scan_tab_co...