I've recently finished 2 books that helped give a nice macro level to human's "progress". 'Sapiens' & 'The Perfectionists: How Precision Engineers Created the

I've recently finished 2 books that helped give a nice macro level to human's "progress". 'Sapiens' & 'The Perfectionists: How Precision Engineers Created the Modern World' Stuff You Should Know (podcast) has also been a gem for learning broadly about industrial and material topics.