Progress is a myth—we just trade old problems for new ones in endless cycles


Agree

  • Technology creates as many problems as solutions
  • Mental health worsens despite material abundance
  • Each generation faces existential threats regardless
  • Solving problems always generates unforeseen consequences

Disagree

  • Child mortality has dropped from fifty percent historically
  • Literacy and education have transformed human potential
  • Life expectancy doubled in just centuries
  • Cynicism ignores measurable improvement in human welfare

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