According to the Dec 17th Economist print edition, "In the rich world the idea of progress has become impoverished."
This is an excellent article about this very reason of why the modern view of progress is so impoverished: "The popular view is that, although technology and GDP advance, morals and society are treading water or, depending on your choice of newspaper, sinking back into decadence and barbarism. On the left of politics these days, “progress” comes with a pair of ironic quotation marks attached; on the right, “progressive” is a term of abuse."
image by Matt Herring
