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When technological progress doesn't feel like human progress

Everyone says we're living in the future but I feel more anxious and overwhelmed than I imagine people felt in the past and I don't understand what progress means anymore.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Advancement in capability does not automatically translate to advancement in wellbeing.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

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